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Blackanthem Military News
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Feb 8, 2012 - 5:19:58 PM |
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Blackanthem Military News
 AN NUMANIYAH, Iraq - Five-hundred ninety soldiers from 1st Battalion, 33rd Brigade, 8th IA Division completed a 20-day Warrior Training Program here July 20.
The WTP is an intensive exercise that trains battalion-sized units on individual soldier tasks and unit collective combat tasks. Individual training includes: small arms familiarization, basic rifle marksmanship, hand grenade training, first aid, map reading, GPS, individual movement techniques, tactical communications, and tactical vehicle driver and maintenance training.
The battalion personnel also receive unit collective training focused on counter insurgency operations, staff battle tracking, patrolling, battle drills, urban operations, tactical checkpoints and platoon/company/battalion offensive operations. The culminating event for the program is a battalion collective exercise in which the battalion commander is tasked to locate and secure enemy opposing forces in a 1x1 kilometer urban training site using all battalion assets.
After completion of the final mission, the 1/33/8th IA Commander, Col. Hussein, said, "It was the best training that my unit has received as it tasked every individual in his unit and required my men and staff to work as a team."
Captain Hameed Abass, 1/33/8th 1st company commander said, "It was the first time we have ever seen an Iraqi Battalion Maneuver as one element and for that reason alone, the training was the best I have had since joining the Iraqi Army."
The Warrior Training Program concluded with a graduation ceremony. Iraqi Army Gen. Jasim, inspector for the Tactical Training Directorate, was the guest speaker and congratulated the men of the 1/33/8 IA Div for their accomplishments. The graduation ceremony also included squad demonstrations on room/building clearing and 60 mm mortar crew drills by the mortar teams. Following the graduation, Col. Hussain, the 3rd RTC Commander, said, "The 1/33/8 and 8th IA Divisions will return to their home units and apply the newly-learned techniques and skills to better their units and continue their efforts to maintain a secure and stable Iraq."
An Numaniyah will host its sixth Warrior Training Program in September of 2009.
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