The Coalition Military Assistance Training Team, working in northern Iraq, is made up of 10 Soldiers from the 75th Infantry Division from Texas. The soldiers all volunteered to serve as advisers and liaison officers to ensure that Iraqi soldiers will be prepared to effectively support security operations in the region.
Maj. Robert Chandler Jr., CMATT Battalion Advisory Support Team Chief....“Now, they’re learning how to do things more efficiently, as opposed to what I call the ‘old doctrine’ ....All of the soldiers are learning a valuable lesson - that the officers make the decisions and the NCOs make it happen.”
“They are very enthusiastic about the training and eager to learn new and better ideas,” said Capt. Dennis Swanson, a CMATT observer-controller overseeing the training curriculum. “Training is all they’ve been doing and they are improving every day...
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Thank you, 75th Infantry Division, Texas ~ training the
Iraqi Armed Forces who will soon be helping the Stryker Brigade in Northern Iraq.
* Iraq-ization, ping! *
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democ
rats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~