January 23, 2007

ISF Receive Leadership Training


By Spc. Amanda Morrissey
5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment


TIKRIT — A new non-commissioned officer course in Tikrit graduated its first class of Iraqi soldiers from the 9th Battalion, Strategic Infrastructure Brigade on Wednesday.

The three-day course, established and taught by U.S. Soldiers from Contingency Operating Base Speicher, is targeted at improving the leadership skills of both SIB and Iraqi army NCOs.

The curriculum was tailored to meet the needs of the junior NCOs, involving a more hands-on approach to teaching various soldier skills, such as weapons maintenance. The original curriculum was aimed towards senior level leadership positions, and was delivered in a lecture format not suited for the real-world scenarios the NCOs were enacting.
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