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As Operation Iraqi Freedom enters its

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fifth year U . S . Soldiers focus on

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training their Iraqi counterparts .

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Captain Luyindula Pierce , Staff

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Sergeant Chabert Schultz and Specialist

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Marco Lopez from the third armored

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calvary division Maintenance Troop

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Regiment , Support squadron live and

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work with Iraqi army soldiers each and

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every day . This small team mentors and

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teaches the soldiers . In the third

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Iraqi Army Division , third Motor

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Transport Regiment . The skills

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required to run a successful

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maintenance shop and supply system . A

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large part of their mission is to build

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and develop standard operating

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procedures from the ground up with the

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system that I built for them . They

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know how , when they know the reasons

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for why they have to reorder stuff ,

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they know how to order . They have to

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fill out forms properly now so they

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could Staff Sergeant Schultz and

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Specialist Lopez previously implemented

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a successful maintenance shop in Al

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Kindi . They now apply the same model

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in Elk Isaac Iraqi Army soldiers are

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volunteers and like U . S . Soldiers ,

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they choose their job skill . The

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mechanics possessed basic level skills

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and are comparable to american soldiers

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and advanced individual training .

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Captain peers traveled to Artistic

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alone and spent several months

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developing a foundation on which to

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build consistent inspections and S . O .

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P . Requirements . Those Staff Sergeant

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Schultz and Specialist Lopez have done

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an excellent job mentoring the Iraqi

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soldiers . Their time anarchistic is

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short , they will return to Fob Marez

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in a few weeks , Captain Pierce will

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stay at Artistic alone for another

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several months . She hopes that the

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Iraqi Army soldiers will continue the

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progress they've made . Although

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accountability and communication

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continue to be a challenge , it's up to

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the next coalition team to build upon

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the foundation . Captain Pierce's team

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has laid reporting from Mosul Iraq .

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I'm Specialist Alicia Scott .