Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson | Col. Mohammed Aziz Jaber, 3rd Battalion, Department of Border Enforcement Region...... read more read more
By Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson
41st Fires Brigade
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq – The second half of the 1st Company, 3rd Battalion, Department of Border Enforcement Region commandos graduated from a two-week training course on mounted and dismounted techniques, urban and close quarter combat, medical training and snap traffic control points at the Karmashiyah Border Fort, Jan. 13.
All the border security commandos of 1st Company have now completed the two-week training course and are ready to conduct border security operations at the Karmashiyah Border Fort, less than 2 miles from the Iraq-Iran border.
The first half of the company graduated from the same cours, Dec. 29, 2008.
"Thank you to the support of training team from the U.S. forces, and the experience they provided the Iraqi soldiers in this training," said Iraqi Col. Mohammed Aziz Jaber, commander of 3rd Battalion, DBE Region Commandos, in his speech to the Soldiers at the graduation. "I thank the Soldiers of the 1st Company, the Soldiers and the officers, for their work and cooperation with the U.S. forces, to serve as the new Iraqi future."
Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Battery B, 2nd Bn., 20th Field Artillery Regiment instructed the training, which the Iraqi border security force commandos can apply when conducting their missions.
"Today we celebrate the commandos of the Department of Border Enforcement, as they complete their initial training, and prepare to assume their role on freedoms' frontier as the lead guardians of the sovereign border of Iraq," said Lt. Col. Timothy Bush, 2-20 FA Regt. commander.
First Lt. Layne Christopher, Platoon Leader, 2nd Plt., Btry. B, was the officer in charge of the two-week training courses.
"The next step is conducting joint operations with the commando company, and continually improving and building off the skills they learned in the course," said Christopher, of Gerlach, Nev.
| Date Taken: | 01.13.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 01.16.2009 07:28 |
| Story ID: | 28911 |
| Location: | AL KUT, IQ |
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