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  • Support Command Focuses on Training Iraqi Logisticians

    12/26/2005 10:03:10 AM PST · by SandRat · 4 replies · 305+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Dec 26, 2005 | Jim Garamone
    FORWARD LOGISTICS AREA ANACONDA, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2005 – It doesn't matter how many troops you have or how well trained they are if you can't sustain them. Coalition logisticians are working with the nascent Iraqi army to build a logistics capability for the force. Army Lt. Col. Steven Shapiro, chief of operations for 3rd Corps Support Command and selected for promotion to colonel, said the command's soldiers are training Iraqis through schools and, mostly, through on-the-job experience. "We're training the Iraqis to follow up and provide support to their forces as they engage the enemy," Shapiro said during an...