Transition Team Advances Iraqi Training

New Iraqi Soldiers trained on essential skills at the “Lions Academy” Sunday and Monday.

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team conducted additional training on essential skills for Iraqi Soldiers who recently graduated from basic training.

“This is just to focus on those essential pieces they’re going to need when they go out,” said U.S. Army 1st Lt. Morton Ellison, a MiTT member.

Unlike an established army, which can sustain itself while waiting for new Soldiers to undergo months of training, the Iraqi Army integrates most of its new Soldiers into a unit and combat operations immediately.

“All these Soldiers are right out of basic training, and we’re going to help them with clearing rooms, searching vehicles and people, and just try to give them the confidence to out there because they go straight from basic training out onto the battlefield,” said U.S. Army Sgt. Athony Rubio, an MiTT trainer.

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