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Multi-National Transiton Security Command celebrates its Fifth Anniversary and 234th Army Birthday
By Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq, NATO Training Mission - Iraq
Jun 15, 2009 - 8:11:17 PM
Blackanthem Military News PHOENIX BASE, BAGHDAD - Coalition forces and NATO training mission military personnel gathered to celebrate the 234th birthday of the U. S. Army, established in June 1775; and the fifth anniversary of Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, established this month in 2004.
The Command also pinned a streamer to its flag representing award by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, of the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. The JMU was presented to MNSTC-I for "exceptionally meritorious achievement" from May 1, 2007 to April 30, 2008.
MNSTC-I is the direct outgrowth of the need to create a new Iraqi Army. Subordinate to Multi-National Force - Iraq, the Command is responsible for assisting the Government of Iraq in providing for Iraq's internal security and external defense through the development of competent security ministries and professional, self-sufficient security forces that adhere to the rule of law.
Earlier this month, MNSTC-I declared initial operational capability of its current subordinate organizations: Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission, or ITAM, and Iraqi Security Assistance Mission, or ISAM, formed to fulfill a provision of the US-Iraq Security Agreement that went into effect Jan. 1. ITAM Director, Army Maj. Gen. Michael Milano, represented the command for the combined celebraton.
"Nothing illustrates America's commitment more than putting our boots on the ground where they are needed," Milano said. "And there is no force on earth that compares to the U.S. Army. It has the best trained personnel, the best equipment and it has the best leaders, noncommissioned officers and enlisted soldiers ever."
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PHOENIX BASE, BAGHDAD - Coalition forces and NATO training mission military personnel gathered to celebrate the 234th birthday of the U. S. Army, established in June 1775; and the fifth anniversary of Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, established this month in 2004.
