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A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire an M224 60mm mortar

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire an M224 60mm mortar

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire an M224 60mm mortar system during a training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 24, 2016. This training was conducted to familiarize the Peshmerga with the weapon before using ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Kortlang, an Aerial

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Kortlang, an Aerial

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Kortlang, an Aerial Port Superintendent deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve, assigned to 442nd Air Expeditionary Squadron, moves German ... More

An Italian trainer assists a Peshmerga soldier adjust

An Italian trainer assists a Peshmerga soldier adjust

An Italian trainer assists a Peshmerga soldier adjust the sights on an M224 60mm mortar system during a training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 24, 2016. This training was conducted to familiarize the Peshmerg... More

Peshmerga soldiers train on clearing a building during

Peshmerga soldiers train on clearing a building during

Peshmerga soldiers train on clearing a building during urban training operations taught by coalition forces June 10, 2015, in Erbil, Iraq. Coalition partners are training military forces throughout Iraq to assi... More

A forklift moves German supplies to be given to Peshmerga

A forklift moves German supplies to be given to Peshmerga

A forklift moves German supplies to be given to Peshmerga forces at Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2017. The supplies were given in support of Iraq Train and Equip Funding, facilitated by Combined Joint Task Force – Ope... More

Peshmerga troops practice locating IEDs near Erbil,

Peshmerga troops practice locating IEDs near Erbil,

Peshmerga troops practice locating IEDs near Erbil, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2015. Peshmerga soldiers are taking part in an 18-day exercise led by coalition forces from Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany... More

Peshmerga soldiers rehearse urban tactical movement

Peshmerga soldiers rehearse urban tactical movement

Peshmerga soldiers rehearse urban tactical movement at a training base near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve their tactical knowledge... More

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an M120 120mm mortar system is fired during the mortar fire portion of a combined arms training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 26, 2016. The combined arms exer... More

A Peshmerga soldier fires a Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank

A Peshmerga soldier fires a Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank

A Peshmerga soldier fires a Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank grenade launcher during a training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 20, 2016. This training was conducted to give the Peshmerga an added capability in the figh... More

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, right, commander of

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, right, commander of

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, right, commander of Company C, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Strike, speaks to his Iraqi army counterpart from the Ninawa Operations Command prior to a security... More

Peshmerga soldiers listen to a German trainer as he

Peshmerga soldiers listen to a German trainer as he

Peshmerga soldiers listen to a German trainer as he teaches techniques on patrol formations during a six-week infantry basic course at a training base near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 11, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend ... More

U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Combined Joint Task

U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Combined Joint Task

U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve addresses the media during a joint press conference at Makhmour, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2016. Reporters were updated about the ong... More

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon discusses the training of Peshmerga soldiers during a tour of Bnaslawa, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force ... More

A Peshmerga soldier fires a Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank

A Peshmerga soldier fires a Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank

A Peshmerga soldier fires a Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank grenade launcher during a training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 20, 2016. This training was conducted to give the Peshmerga an added capability in the figh... More

A Peshmerga soldier, with Support Force Command 1,

A Peshmerga soldier, with Support Force Command 1,

A Peshmerga soldier, with Support Force Command 1, checks under a vehicle for a possible improvised explosive device during vehicle search training at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2016. This training taught soldier... More

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire at a target under

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire at a target under

A Peshmerga soldier prepares to fire at a target under the supervision of an Italian trainer during a live-fire-assault drill at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2016. Live-fire exercises allow Peshmerga soldiers to fam... More

A Peshmerga soldier attends a 2-week counter- IED class

A Peshmerga soldier attends a 2-week counter- IED class

A Peshmerga soldier attends a 2-week counter- IED class at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Nov. 23, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve building p... More

Peshmerga soldiers rehearse urban tactical movement

Peshmerga soldiers rehearse urban tactical movement

Peshmerga soldiers rehearse urban tactical movement at a training base near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve their tactical knowledge... More

Peshmerga soldiers conduct tactical movements training

Peshmerga soldiers conduct tactical movements training

Peshmerga soldiers conduct tactical movements training under the supervision and instruction of Dutch soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 30, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend the 10-week modern brigade course, whic... More

Peshmerga soldiers take cover after receiving simulated

Peshmerga soldiers take cover after receiving simulated

Peshmerga soldiers take cover after receiving simulated enemy fire during a training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 21, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve t... More

An Italian trainer observes Peshmerga soldiers prepare

An Italian trainer observes Peshmerga soldiers prepare

An Italian trainer observes Peshmerga soldiers prepare to fire an M120 120mm mortar system during the mortar fire portion of a combined arms training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 26, 2016. The combined arms ... More

Peshmerga soldiers participate in a break from contact

Peshmerga soldiers participate in a break from contact

Peshmerga soldiers participate in a break from contact drill under the supervision of Italian trainers near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2016. Coalition trainers in Northern Iraq have trained more than 6,000 Peshmerga ... More

A Peshmerga soldier scans for hidden improvised explosive

A Peshmerga soldier scans for hidden improvised explosive

A Peshmerga soldier scans for hidden improvised explosive devices during counter-IED training at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2016. By enabling Peshmerga security forces through advise and assist, and building partn... More

Australian Brig. Gen. Roger Noble, deputy commanding

Australian Brig. Gen. Roger Noble, deputy commanding

Australian Brig. Gen. Roger Noble, deputy commanding general for Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve, answers media questions following a joint press conference at Makhmur,... More

Peshmerga soldiers practice providing security under

Peshmerga soldiers practice providing security under

Peshmerga soldiers practice providing security under the guidance of an Italian trainer during a live-fire-assault drill at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2016. Live-fire exercises are used to provide the Peshmerga so... More

Building partner capacity update, March 8, 2016

Building partner capacity update, March 8, 2016

This week's building partner capacity graphic features photos from Iraqi soldiers from the 7th Iraqi Army Division receiving training on Mortar weapon systems at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq; and Iraqi Army soldiers ... More

An Italian trainer discusses avenues of approach to

An Italian trainer discusses avenues of approach to

An Italian trainer discusses avenues of approach to detect improvised explosive devices during the counter-IED training near Erbil, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of the Co... More

A Kurdish worker unloads flour provided by the U.S.

A Kurdish worker unloads flour provided by the U.S.

A Kurdish worker unloads flour provided by the U.S. Army for Peshmerga soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 26, 2017. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve facilitates providing essential items to ... More

Peshmerga soldiers learn to use a metal detector to

Peshmerga soldiers learn to use a metal detector to

Peshmerga soldiers learn to use a metal detector to scan for improvised explosive devices during counter-IED training at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Nov. 22, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of the Com... More

Norwegian trainers instruct Peshmerga solders on proper

Norwegian trainers instruct Peshmerga solders on proper

Norwegian trainers instruct Peshmerga solders on proper squad movements at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Jan. 30, 2017. Norway is one of over 60 coalition partners who are part of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation I... More

A peshmerga soldier climbs through window during building

A peshmerga soldier climbs through window during building

A peshmerga soldier climbs through window during building assault training at Bnaslawa, Iraq on Feb. 2, 2017. This training is critical to enabling local security forces to counter ISIL as they continue to libe... More

A British soldier, with the Rifles Regiment, shows

A British soldier, with the Rifles Regiment, shows

A British soldier, with the Rifles Regiment, shows Peshmerga soldiers, assigned to Support Force Command 1, where a simulated improvised explosive device was hidden inside a vehicle during counter-IED training ... More

A Female Peshmerga soldier makes her way across a rope

A Female Peshmerga soldier makes her way across a rope

A Female Peshmerga soldier makes her way across a rope obstacle course near Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2016. Female Peshmerga soldiers attend a three-week basic infantry course that will improve their tactical knowl... More

German trainers watch the video play back of an interview

German trainers watch the video play back of an interview

German trainers watch the video play back of an interview following driver’s training with Peshmerga soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2017. More than 60 Coalition partners have committed themselves to the goa... More

Peshmerga soldiers provide security at their objective

Peshmerga soldiers provide security at their objective

Peshmerga soldiers provide security at their objective during a live-fire-assault drill at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2016. Live-fire exercises are used to provide Peshmerga soldiers a more combat realistic traini... More

A Peshmerga soldier takes up a security position during

A Peshmerga soldier takes up a security position during

A Peshmerga soldier takes up a security position during an improvised explosive device detection and defeat exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 14, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry bas... More

Peshmerga soldiers demonstrate the techniques of patrol

Peshmerga soldiers demonstrate the techniques of patrol

Peshmerga soldiers demonstrate the techniques of patrol formations learned during a block of instruction at a training base near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 11, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic ... More

A Peshmerga soldier aims at a target during a react

A Peshmerga soldier aims at a target during a react

A Peshmerga soldier aims at a target during a react to contact drill near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve their tactical knowledge t... More

A Peshmerga soldiers practice urban room clearing during

A Peshmerga soldiers practice urban room clearing during

A Peshmerga soldiers practice urban room clearing during training at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2017. The training was conducted as part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s bui... More

Peshmerga soldiers practice the fundamentals of clearing

Peshmerga soldiers practice the fundamentals of clearing

Peshmerga soldiers practice the fundamentals of clearing a building during a training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve t... More

Peshmerga soldiers clear a route for safe passage during

Peshmerga soldiers clear a route for safe passage during

Peshmerga soldiers clear a route for safe passage during a counter-improvised explosive-device class near Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2016. Counter-IED classes provide effective ways for Peshmerga soldiers to safely f... More

Peshmerga soldiers check the area for improvised explosive

Peshmerga soldiers check the area for improvised explosive

Peshmerga soldiers check the area for improvised explosive devices (IED) during a counter IED class under the supervision and instruction of Dutch soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 30, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers a... More

Peshmerga soldiers test their ability to maintain their

Peshmerga soldiers test their ability to maintain their

Peshmerga soldiers test their ability to maintain their weapons near Erbil, Iraq, March 8, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a 10-week infantry course intended to improve their tactical knowledge to aid in the fi... More

A Peshmerga soldier preps detonation cord to defeat

A Peshmerga soldier preps detonation cord to defeat

A Peshmerga soldier preps detonation cord to defeat an improvised explosive device during counter-IED range at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of the Combined Joint... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Kendall Smalls, with the 119th Inland

U.S. Army Sgt. Kendall Smalls, with the 119th Inland

U.S. Army Sgt. Kendall Smalls, with the 119th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, loads crates of ammunition to a flatbed truck near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2016. More than 5... More

A German instructor observes Peshmerga soldiers as

A German instructor observes Peshmerga soldiers as

A German instructor observes Peshmerga soldiers as they prepare to fire at a target during Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank grenade launcher training near Erbil, Iraq, July 20, 2016. This training was conducted to give ... More

A Peshmerga soldier clears some debris from a simulated

A Peshmerga soldier clears some debris from a simulated

A Peshmerga soldier clears some debris from a simulated improvised explosive devide during counter IED training near Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 31, 2016. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – ... More

A Peshmerga soldier takes cover during a react to contact

A Peshmerga soldier takes cover during a react to contact

A Peshmerga soldier takes cover during a react to contact training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 24, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve their tactical know... More

A Peshmerga soldier provides suppressive fire during

A Peshmerga soldier provides suppressive fire during

A Peshmerga soldier provides suppressive fire during a live-fire-assault drill at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2016. Live-fire exercises are used to provide Peshmerga soldiers a more combat realistic training. This ... More

An Italian trainer instructs a Peshmerga soldier on

An Italian trainer instructs a Peshmerga soldier on

An Italian trainer instructs a Peshmerga soldier on how to don his protective mask during a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense class at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2016. CBRN training is provi... More

A Peshmerga soldier uses a non-magnetic test piece

A Peshmerga soldier uses a non-magnetic test piece

A Peshmerga soldier uses a non-magnetic test piece to verify the accuracy of a metal detector during counter-IED training at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Dec. 4, 2016. By enabling Peshmerga security forces through advise an... More

Peshmerga soldiers drive Humvees and a MaxxPro mine

Peshmerga soldiers drive Humvees and a MaxxPro mine

Peshmerga soldiers drive Humvees and a MaxxPro mine resistant, ambush-protected vehicle in a convoy as part of driver’s training provided by German soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2017. More than 60 Coalitio... More

A Peshmerga soldier teaches placing markers to signify

A Peshmerga soldier teaches placing markers to signify

A Peshmerga soldier teaches placing markers to signify possible improvised explosive devices during the pilot program of Instructor Development Course, Bnaslawa, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2016. The course teaches Peshmerg... More

Italian trainers and Peshmerga soldiers advance on

Italian trainers and Peshmerga soldiers advance on

Italian trainers and Peshmerga soldiers advance on a target during the company assault portion of a combined arms training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 26, 2016. The combined arms exercise allowed trainers t... More

A Peshmerga soldier inserts an intravenous (IV) needle

A Peshmerga soldier inserts an intravenous (IV) needle

A Peshmerga soldier inserts an intravenous (IV) needle into the arm of another soldier during first aid training near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2016. IVs are used to quickly administer fluids to casualties to help p... More

Norwegian instructors demonstrate care under fire techniques

Norwegian instructors demonstrate care under fire techniques

Norwegian instructors demonstrate care under fire techniques to Peshmerga soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 10, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a 10-week basic infantry course intended to improve their tactical ... More

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon discusses the training of Peshmerga soldiers with British Army Maj. Steve Caldwell during a tour at Bnaslawa, Iraq Feb. 12, 2017. This training is part of t... More

Peshmerga soldiers practice care under fire under the

Peshmerga soldiers practice care under fire under the

Peshmerga soldiers practice care under fire under the supervision and instruction of Hungarian soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 29, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend the 10-week modern brigade course, which begin... More

An Italian trainer teaches standard operating procedures

An Italian trainer teaches standard operating procedures

An Italian trainer teaches standard operating procedures to detect improvised explosive devices during counter-IED training near Erbil, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of th... More

Peshmerga soldiers discuss target sequencing during

Peshmerga soldiers discuss target sequencing during

Peshmerga soldiers discuss target sequencing during Panzerfaust 3, anti-tank grenade launcher training near Erbil, Iraq, July 20, 2016. This training was conducted to give the Peshmerga an added capability in t... More

Peshmerga soldiers listen as a German instructor explains

Peshmerga soldiers listen as a German instructor explains

Peshmerga soldiers listen as a German instructor explains defensive tactics during training near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve thei... More

A Peshmerga soldier jumps down to join the rest of

A Peshmerga soldier jumps down to join the rest of

A Peshmerga soldier jumps down to join the rest of his platoon while they conduct a validation assessment at a base near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 10, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course th... More

Italian trainers observe Peshmerga soldiers as they

Italian trainers observe Peshmerga soldiers as they

Italian trainers observe Peshmerga soldiers as they don protective masks during a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense class at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2016. CBRN training is provided to Pes... More

U.S. Soldiers inventory of M16 rifles near Erbil, Iraq,

U.S. Soldiers inventory of M16 rifles near Erbil, Iraq,

U.S. Soldiers inventory of M16 rifles near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 22, 2016. Coalition partners donated 1,200 M16 rifles to the Peshmerga as part of the Iraq Train and Equip Fund. The ITEF is one aspect of assistance... More

U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Combined Joint Task

U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Combined Joint Task

U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, addresses the media during a joint press conference at Makhmur, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2016. Reporters were updated abo... More

A Female Peshmerga soldier aims at a 30-meter target

A Female Peshmerga soldier aims at a 30-meter target

A Female Peshmerga soldier aims at a 30-meter target during a live fire exercise under the supervision and instruction of British and Dutch soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 7, 2016. Female Peshmerga soldiers at... More

A Peshmerga soldier acquires a target location on an

A Peshmerga soldier acquires a target location on an

A Peshmerga soldier acquires a target location on an M224 60mm mortar system during a training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 24, 2016. This training was conducted to familiarize the Peshmerga with the weapon ... More

Peshmerga soldiers provide suppressive fire under the

Peshmerga soldiers provide suppressive fire under the

Peshmerga soldiers provide suppressive fire under the guidance of an Italian trainer during a live-fire-assault drill at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2016. Live-fire exercises allow Peshmerga soldiers to familiarize... More

A Peshmerga soldier preps detonation cord to defeat

A Peshmerga soldier preps detonation cord to defeat

A Peshmerga soldier preps detonation cord to defeat an improvised explosive device during counter-IED range at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of the Combined Joint... More

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon

United Kingdom Minister of Defense Sir Michael Fallon takes a group photo with the Commander of Zeravani Peshmerga, Major General Aziz Weysi and his team along with British Army Maj. Steve Caldwell at Bnaslawa... More

Peshmerga soldiers practice a four-man search for an

Peshmerga soldiers practice a four-man search for an

Peshmerga soldiers practice a four-man search for an improvised explosive device during a counter IED class taught by British soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, April 13, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a 10-week mode... More

A Peshmerga soldier places detonation cord to defeat

A Peshmerga soldier places detonation cord to defeat

A Peshmerga soldier places detonation cord to defeat an improvised explosive device during counter-IED range at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of the Combined Join... More

Peshmerga soldiers conduct first aid on a simulated

Peshmerga soldiers conduct first aid on a simulated

Peshmerga soldiers conduct first aid on a simulated casualty during training at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve buildin... More

Kurdish workers unload flour provided by the U.S. Army

Kurdish workers unload flour provided by the U.S. Army

Kurdish workers unload flour provided by the U.S. Army for Peshmerga soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 26, 2017. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve facilitates providing essential items to ve... More

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an

An Italian trainer and Peshmerga soldiers turn as an M120 120mm mortar system is fires during the mortar fire portion of a combined arms training exercise near Erbil, Iraq, July 26, 2016. The combined arms exer... More

A Peshmerga soldier wears a ghillie suit during a combined

A Peshmerga soldier wears a ghillie suit during a combined

A Peshmerga soldier wears a ghillie suit during a combined arms live-fire exercise near Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2016. A ghillie suit is camouflage clothing that blends with the environment to avoid detection. Thi... More

A Peshmerga soldier clears his weapon during training

A Peshmerga soldier clears his weapon during training

A Peshmerga soldier clears his weapon during training near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve their tactical knowledge to aid in the fig... More

An Italian trainer conducts the mission brief for the

An Italian trainer conducts the mission brief for the

An Italian trainer conducts the mission brief for the sniper portion of a combined arms live-fire exercise near Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2016. Successful completion of CALFEX validates Peshmerga soldiers’ ability ... More

Peshmerga soldiers participate in a break from contact

Peshmerga soldiers participate in a break from contact

Peshmerga soldiers participate in a break from contact drill under the supervision of Italian trainers near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2016. Coalition trainers in Northern Iraq have trained more than 6,000 Peshmerga ... More

Finnish instructors demonstrate to Peshmerga soldiers

Finnish instructors demonstrate to Peshmerga soldiers

Finnish instructors demonstrate to Peshmerga soldiers how to move under enemy fire during training near Erbil, Iraq, March 9, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend the ten-week infantry basic course that will improve... More

A Peshmerga soldier participates in a live-fire exercise

A Peshmerga soldier participates in a live-fire exercise

A Peshmerga soldier participates in a live-fire exercise under the supervision and instruction of soldiers from the Netherlands near Erbil, Iraq, March 27, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend the 10-week Modern Bri... More

A Peshmerga soldier practices providing suppressive

A Peshmerga soldier practices providing suppressive

A Peshmerga soldier practices providing suppressive fire under the guidance of an Italian trainer during a live-fire-assault drill at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Oct. 6, 2016. Live-fire exercises allow Peshmerga soldiers t... More

Peshmerga soldiers learn to defeat IED’s

Peshmerga soldiers learn to defeat IED’s

A Peshmerga soldier watches an Italian trainer approach a simulated improvised explosive device during a 2-week counter-IED class at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Nov. 23, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as par... More

A Peshmerga soldier looks over a training aid to identify

A Peshmerga soldier looks over a training aid to identify

A Peshmerga soldier looks over a training aid to identify an improvised explosive device during a training exercise that is part of a six-week infantry basic course near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2016. Peshmerga s... More

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, left, commander of

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, left, commander of

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, left, commander of Company C, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Strike, says goodbye to his Iraqi counterpart, right, from the Ninawa Operations Command, at the con... More

An Italian trainer displays equipment used to detect

An Italian trainer displays equipment used to detect

An Italian trainer displays equipment used to detect improvised explosive devices during counter-IED training near Erbil, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2016. By enabling Peshmerga security forces through advise and assist, an... More

Peshmerga soldiers aim at 20-meter targets while conducting

Peshmerga soldiers aim at 20-meter targets while conducting

Peshmerga soldiers aim at 20-meter targets while conducting tactical movements during a live-fire exercise under the supervision and instruction of Italian soldiers near Erbil, Iraq, March 28, 2016. Peshmerga s... More

A Peshmerga soldier aims his M16 rifle during the Modern

A Peshmerga soldier aims his M16 rifle during the Modern

A Peshmerga soldier aims his M16 rifle during the Modern Brigade Course culmination exercise near Atrush, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2016. The exercise incorporated advanced infantry battle drills and maneuver tactics duri... More

A Peshmerga soldier marks the location of a possible

A Peshmerga soldier marks the location of a possible

A Peshmerga soldier marks the location of a possible improvised explosive device under the supervision of an Italian trainer during a counter-IED class at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Nov. 22, 2016. The Italian army conduct... More

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, right, commander of

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, right, commander of

U.S. Army Capt. Gerard Spinney, right, commander of Company C, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Strike, speaks to his Peshmerga counterpart, left, and his Iraqi army counterpart, right, from the ... More

Peshmerga soldiers listen and watch as a German coalition

Peshmerga soldiers listen and watch as a German coalition

Peshmerga soldiers listen and watch as a German coalition instructor explains how to properly secure an area during an improvised explosive device detection and defeat exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. ... More

Peshmerga soldiers prepare to conduct a combined arms

Peshmerga soldiers prepare to conduct a combined arms

Peshmerga soldiers prepare to conduct a combined arms live-fire exercise near Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 11, 2016. Successful completion of CALFEX validates Peshmerga soldiers’ ability to strategically plan and tactical... More

Peshmerga soldiers watch as Italian trainer demonstrates

Peshmerga soldiers watch as Italian trainer demonstrates

Peshmerga soldiers watch as Italian trainer demonstrates how to look for hidden improvised explosive devices during a 2-week counter- IED class at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Nov. 23, 2016. By enabling Peshmerga security f... More

An Italian trainer demonstrates how to locate possible

An Italian trainer demonstrates how to locate possible

An Italian trainer demonstrates how to locate possible improvised explosive devices during counter- IED training near Erbil, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2016. The Italian army conducted the training as part of the Combined ... More

Peshmerga soldiers use foxholes to practice defensive

Peshmerga soldiers use foxholes to practice defensive

Peshmerga soldiers use foxholes to practice defensive tactics near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help improve their tactical knowledge to aid in... More

Peshmerga soldiers discuss the results of their training

Peshmerga soldiers discuss the results of their training

Peshmerga soldiers discuss the results of their training during a counter-improvised-explosive-device class near Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2016. Counter-IED classes provide effective ways for Peshmerga soldiers to s... More

A Peshmerga soldier searches for hidden wires during

A Peshmerga soldier searches for hidden wires during

A Peshmerga soldier searches for hidden wires during a counter-improvised-explosive-device class near Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2016. Counter-IED classes provide effective ways for Peshmerga soldiers to safely find ... More

A Peshmerga soldier applies a make-shift tourniquet

A Peshmerga soldier applies a make-shift tourniquet

A Peshmerga soldier applies a make-shift tourniquet during a medical training exercise at a six-week infantry basic course near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 12, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic c... More

Peshmerga soldiers stand in formation during a graduation

Peshmerga soldiers stand in formation during a graduation

Peshmerga soldiers stand in formation during a graduation ceremony near Erbil, Iraq, Feb. 11, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers completed a six-week infantry basic course to help improve their tactical knowledge to aid ... More

This week's building partner capacity update features

This week's building partner capacity update features

This week's building partner capacity update features photos of Australian Defence Force in the Middle East conducting bayonet training for Iraqi Security Forces at Camp Taji and Peshmerga forces demonstrating ... More

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The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

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