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Staff Sgt. Mark Wojciechowski
133rd MPAD
MUQDADIYAH, Iraq (January 28, 2006) " The security forces in Iraq are building on their own. Despite insurgents attempts to disrupt the progress in Iraq, a unique academy is producing capable officers to enforce the law in a volatile Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Michael Barnette of the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 32nd Cavalry, oversees an Iraqi Police Academy, known as the "Scorpion" Academy, located at FOB Normandy.
The comprehensive training received at the academy includes first aid, basic rifle and pistol marksmanship, urban patrolling techniques, vehicle checkpoint procedures, prisoner searches, room-to-room searching and cordon and search.
Today the Scorpion Academy produced 17 graduates of the two-week basic course. The course is designed as a basic survival course and as a foundation for their growth as a security force.
"The academy is almost entirely operated by Iraqi police officers," said Barnette, who is a Houston, Texas, native. "There are three Iraqi Police Liaison Officers (U.S. civilian contractors) that are there to assist in any way they can; each have between 15 and 18 years of service as police officers in America."
The Iraqi cadre teach the entire course. The IPLOs and coalition are merely there to facilitate the training where needed.
The graduates of the Scorpion Academy rejoiced at the end of their training. They left with a message to take what they have learned here and use it to train new recruits to help become the protectors of the people of Iraq.
| Date Taken: | 02.03.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 02.03.2006 11:18 |
| Story ID: | 5307 |
| Location: | MUQDADIYA, IQ |
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