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. RUSTAMIYAH — The Iraqi Military Academy at Rustamiyah graduated 229 newly commissioned officers for the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Air Force, Dec. 29. 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...