Graduating cadets hug after an emotional graduation ceremony at the Iraqi Military Academy Dec. 29. The academy graduated 229 students from training, which lasted one year. Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Frost.
Posted on 12/30/2007 1:07:20 PM PST by SandRat
This class is the second group to attend the one year instruction, which is broken into three blocks: junior, intermediate and senior. Each block lasts approximately 15 weeks. The first block introduces the cadets to basic officer training and teaches them to work as a team. The next 15 weeks are spent learning academics and history. The final 15 week block of instruction is based around exercises and exams.
“I’m very proud of all of them,” said U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Vetter, an instructor at the academy and a member of the Coalition Air Force Transition Team. “They came in very excited and energized with actually being given the opportunity to learn.”
Out of the 229 graduates, 44 have been selected as pilot candidates and are slotted to go into the Iraqi Air Force. These pilot candidates will return to the academy for English language training before being sent to Kirkuk Air Base for flight school.
(Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq Public Affairs)
FR WAR NEWS!
Bump!
Has to be a good thing. Bravo and congrats.
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