(August 2, 2016) In recent days, in the middle of a Training Bnaslawa, in Iraq, was held the closing ceremony of the second Mbc (Modern Brigade Course) of two battalions of the first and second Peshmerga Brigade, of which 250 units entrusted to the Italian trainers employed in the “Prima Parthica” operation, operating in Iraqi Kurdistan since the beginning of 2015. The Italian trainers, in collaboration with the coalition trainers, coordinated by KTCC (Kurdistan Training Coordination Center), have concluded an intensive 8-week training process of 1,100 Peshmerga soldiers. Kurdish soldiers have increased and perfected their knowledge in different sectors, including the Counter-IED (recognition and defusing improvised explosive devices), anti sniping through precision shooters, the use of artillery in support of the infantry maneuver . The KTCC, currently under Italian command, coordinates the activities of the trainers of the seven nations that are part of it and this course has reached more than 9000 KSF trained soldiers, about 5300of which only by Italian trainer enrolled in the “Prima Parthica” operation. (Red)
