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Sep- 9-2006 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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By Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone, 138th MPAD

MOSUL — Low crawling through dust and dirt at the newly established Battle Academy on Forward Operating Base Marez, Mosul, Iraq, is one way to get 19 Iraqi Army Soldiers and 4 Iraqi policemen to focus on basic infantry survival skills.

U. S. Army Soldiers from Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash, are training weekly rotations from the IA and the IP’s basic individual and buddy movements for survival and recovery under fire.

”The purpose of us being here today is to train the Iraqi Security Forces and Iraqi police on how to perform individual movement techniques,” said Staff Sgt. Steven Wertman, Co. B, 5th Bn., 20th Inf. Rgt., and resident of Milton, Wash.

According to Wertman, their week-long training starts out with basic individual Soldiering skills aimed at improving leadership by building better leaders.

An Iraqi Policeman moves toward the direction of gunfire using sandbags for cover. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.Additionally, the IA Soldiers and the IP’s will be instructed on how to conduct traffic control check points and other troop leading procedures.[...]


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