Australian army Lt. Col. Ash Collingburn, the commander

Australian army Lt. Col. Ash Collingburn, the commander of the training teams for Task Group Taji, gives a speaks to Iraqi soldiers with the Iraqi Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy (NCOA) during a night urban operations training exercise at Camp Taji, Iraq, Nov. 10, 2015. Collingburn let the soldiers know how proud he was of them for their professional and tactical growth throughout the NCOA course. This positive reinforcement assists in motivating the soldiers in their training. Through advise and assist and build partner capacity missions, the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s multinational coalition has trained more than 16,500 Iraqi security force personnel to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charles M. Bailey/Released)