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soldiers march across the parade

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field displaying their colors to an

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audience of distinguished guests , High

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officials and american soldiers This

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day marks another milestone for the

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Iraqi Army as they graduate from 25

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days dedicated to increasing confidence

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and tactical ability . As a battalion

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Major Mark Weaver km Tbs , stability ,

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transition team advisor talks about the

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training . The Iraqis go through . They

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go from individual skills such as

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weapons qualification , all the way

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through squad , live fire , muddy team

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maneuver and then through company level

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field training exercises which includes

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a live fire exercise . Sergeant , first

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class cheese and harmer . A soldier who

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helped oversee the training explains

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how the training environment gives the

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Iraqis a chance to lead their own

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soldiers . Initially they came in

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thinking that we were going to do a lot

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more for them . However , from the

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beginning we just put their leaders in

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charge and establish their duties and

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responsibilities and from there we kind

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of backed off and really push it on

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them to allow them the opportunity to

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leave for themselves . Us Division

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North Commanding General Major General

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David Perkins remarks on how the

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ceremony celebrates Iraq's future .

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This training that we are completing

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here today has not only improved the

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capacity of the soldiers in the unit ,

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but it is in fact the basis of the

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security of the nation of Iraq . So

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when these soldiers walked past us here

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today , we're celebrating not only the

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accomplishment of a very tough training

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period , we are literally looking at

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the future of the security of Iraq and

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we here really are representatives of

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the whole nation as we take pride in

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the accomplishments of the Iraqi

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soldiers reporting from Kirk kush

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military Training base . Iraq , I'm

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Army sergeant , Christie pots have been

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talking .