Italian Col. Giuseppe Levato, left, commander of the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center, attends the graduation ceremony of Peshmerga forces at the Sulaymanyia Training Center, Aug. 29, 2019. Joining Col. Levato are, from left, Brig. Gen. Immad Muhamed, commander of the Sulaymanyia Training Center; Italian Brig. Gen. Paolo Attilio Fortezza, Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) training director and Italian contingent commander; Mustafa Qadr Mahmood, acting commander of 70s Forces; Sheikh Jafer Mustafa Ali, deputy KRG president. The ceremony was one of four held at training centers across the Kurdistan region that day that graduated a total of 1,590 Peshmerga soldiers. Together, CJTF-OIR and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) will develop a sustainable and inclusive ISF that can secure its sovereign borders, protect the population, support a normalcy across the country and ensure the lasting defeat of Daesh. (Portions of this image were blurred for operational security) (Photo courtesy Italian PAO/KTCC)
Date Taken: | 08.29.2019 |
Date Posted: | 09.18.2019 05:11 |
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VIRIN: | 190829-A-OD775-1091 |
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