Posted on 10/04/2009 9:37:38 AM PDT by DJ Elliott
This Iraqi Security Force Update provides a summary of changes to the ISF during September 2009. The Iraqi Security Force Order of Battle as of 30 September 2009 is published at Montrose Toast.
During September, the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior held 23 course graduations. The emphasis in the Ministry of Interior is still on basic training of the backlog of untrained and already hired Iraqi Police. The emphasis of the Iraqi Army remains on support elements, with particular emphasis on engineer and indirect fires.
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The first 40 Kurdish personnel to go through Phase III “Caribinieri” as Federal Police start their training in October. Given the small number being trained, these personnel probably are to be instructors for Kurdish police being added to the Federal Police. This means the first operational Kurdish manned Iraqi Federal Police battalion will start training in December 2009.
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