Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

More than 2, 900 Iraqi Soldiers graduate

KIRKUSH, Iraq - More than 2,900 Iraqi Soldiers graduated today as part of the Direct Recruit Replacements program at the Iraqi Training Battalion at Kirkush Military Training Base.

These graduates, who all have prior military service, spent three weeks in basic skills refresher courses with concentrations in traffic control points, local security patrols, and fixed site security.

The soldiers will be assigned throughout Iraq to fill vacancies.
 

For more information please visit www.mnstci.iraq.centcom.mil, or e-mail AlvarezSJ@mnstci.iraq.centcom.mil

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