Photo By Staff Sgt. Russell Klika | Capt. Geoffrey Farrell of the Special Police Transition Team attached to the 101st...... read more read more
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SAMARRA, Iraq (June 23, 2006)--When the Minister of Interior in Baghdad orders a company of National Police to move to hot spots around Iraq, a special group of Coalition Soldiers moves with them.
The Special Police Transition Team, which is made up of Soldiers from the U.S. Army European Command and attached to the 101st Airborne Division, is responsible for training and advising the Iraqi National Police force from the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division.
"We have been with this division since February," said Maj. Cory Crosbie, team leader for the SPTT. "When they move, we move. We plan, rehearse, and conduct raids with them."
The team trains and advises the Iraqi Police on movement tactics, operations planning, cordon and search procedures and weapons.
This particular week, the team was training twenty policemen a day on how to zero, clean, and clear a malfunction using their AK-47 rifles at Patrol Base Olsen in Samarra.
"We train them as we train our own," said Crosbie. "We teach them on the proper ways of handling a weapon, from breathing techniques to trigger squeeze."
Things usually go well with the help of two interpreters but sometimes things get lost in translation so the team rehearses with the translators on what they will be teaching before they conduct the training.
Crosbie said the biggest problem they run into is that the NP become frustrated if they cannot hit the target. When this happens, SPTT Soldiers get down on the ground and demonstrate the proper procedures.
"You show them that it can be done and it usually motivates them," said Staff Sgt. Brent Briggs, a SPTT member. "Once they see that they can hit the target, their confidence level goes way up."
On this day all but one police officer zeroed his weapon. Once the round casings were picked up and the range cleaned, the SPTT handed out cigars to every police officer for a job well done.
| Date Taken: | 06.26.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 06.26.2006 07:50 |
| Story ID: | 6950 |
| Location: | SAMARRA, IQ |
| Web Views: | 164 |
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