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KIRKUK, Iraq - The Regional Training Center in Kirkuk marked the conclusion of its first Battle Staff “Train-the-Trainer” course with a Sept. 30 graduation ceremony for 26 students.
This six-day officers’ course is offered to majors and below, and instruction includes: the military decision making process, staff duties, intelligence preparation of the battlefield and map reading.
“You are the experts in planning; you are the real professionals,” Italian Army Maj. Gen. Claudio Angelelli, deputy commander of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq told the graduates during the ceremony. “Your work is vital to successful operations and key in ensuring the long-term security of Iraq.”
Graduates of this course will return to their commands capable of sharing the training they received with other officers in their units.
“You are the battle staff personnel who will lead your military for the next 10 or 15 years,” said Staff Brig. Gen. Abdullah Hassan Mohammed, commander of the Regional Training Center. “The power to develop military capabilities to meet the demands of the future lies in your hands.”
NTM-I plans to extend the length of the course to three weeks to add operations, site exploitation and other topics into the curriculum.
NTM-I has been providing Battle Staff Training to Iraqi Army units and training centres since 2008. The training package is pitched at battalion level and includes the seven-step Military Decision Making Process, staff duties and responsibilities, map reading and order production. In addition, at the Iraqis’ request, aspects of counter-insurgency/ counter IED analysis and operations planning have been added to the training package.
Students have a chance to implement the theory in practice by participating in exercises. Seven BST training packages have been delivered since 2008 and a total of more then 200 students have been trained. One more course is planned before the end of 2010. For 2011, training will be pitched increasingly at Iraqi Regional Training Centre instructors in order to achieve Iraqi Army self-sustainment in BST.
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 10.07.2010 07:16 |
| Story ID: | 57657 |
| Location: | KIRKUK, IQ |
| Web Views: | 14 |
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