WEBVTT 00:04.040 --> 00:05.040 Yes . 00:18.840 --> 00:20.673 Hello and welcome to this week's 00:20.673 --> 00:22.840 edition of the first team update . I'm 00:22.840 --> 00:25.062 Sergeant Ashleigh Anderson bringing you 00:25.062 --> 00:27.062 the latest news from multi national 00:27.062 --> 00:29.062 division Baghdad . Iraqi police are 00:29.062 --> 00:31.229 learning essential elements to further 00:31.229 --> 00:33.118 Iraq's security forces . Sergeant 00:33.118 --> 00:35.284 Stephanie Loeb takes us to Camp Fiji . 00:35.284 --> 00:37.340 Camp Fiji is not your typical day in 00:37.340 --> 00:39.540 paradise . Soldiers from the 8/10 Mp 00:39.540 --> 00:41.429 company helped train Iraqi police 00:41.429 --> 00:43.540 leaders in a nine day training course 00:43.540 --> 00:46.280 in Camp Fiji . The Mps help instill 00:46.280 --> 00:48.640 vital knowledge to type leaders so they 00:48.640 --> 00:50.862 can go back to their stations and train 00:50.862 --> 00:54.600 other I PS we're doing right now in the 00:54.600 --> 00:56.600 class was entering and clearing the 00:56.600 --> 00:58.822 building . Basically it gives them some 00:58.822 --> 01:01.156 simple fundamental and what to look for , 01:01.156 --> 01:03.100 how to work as a team . Going from 01:03.100 --> 01:05.860 point A to point B five man team 01:06.420 --> 01:08.710 entering the room , clearing , look , 01:09.440 --> 01:12.050 seeing what they're looking for . The 01:12.050 --> 01:14.420 mps also train the Iraqi police leaders 01:14.420 --> 01:16.642 in searching techniques , investigative 01:16.642 --> 01:18.760 interviews and various other police 01:18.760 --> 01:21.150 training tactics . Well , basically 01:21.150 --> 01:24.230 what we do , we train the trainers and 01:24.230 --> 01:26.840 eventually our goal is for all these I . 01:26.840 --> 01:28.784 P . S to be like the trainers that 01:28.784 --> 01:32.420 we've trained . So hopefully in the 01:32.430 --> 01:35.330 long run they'll be side by side with 01:35.340 --> 01:38.630 the United States . The training is an 01:38.630 --> 01:40.908 ongoing effort to strengthen the I . P . 01:40.908 --> 01:42.908 Forces , allowing them to be a self 01:42.908 --> 01:44.741 sufficient force in the future , 01:44.840 --> 01:46.951 reporting for multi national Division 01:46.951 --> 01:49.660 Baghdad , I'm Sergeant Stephanie logue , 01:50.740 --> 01:52.851 come with me into a vision . Here's a 01:52.851 --> 01:55.110 scenario us soldiers playing soccer in 01:55.110 --> 01:57.166 the middle of an open field . Sounds 01:57.166 --> 01:59.388 okay . Right , but put this into play . 01:59.388 --> 02:01.499 The soldiers are out in the middle of 02:01.499 --> 02:03.610 an open field with no gear on playing 02:03.610 --> 02:05.777 with and against Iraqi security forces 02:05.777 --> 02:07.777 in Iraq . While the soldiers of the 02:07.777 --> 02:10.380 1505 Parachute Infantry Regiment are 02:10.380 --> 02:11.380 doing just that . 02:14.180 --> 02:16.610 This may just be a soccer game . But to 02:16.610 --> 02:18.500 the people of salman pak , a very 02:18.500 --> 02:20.710 historic southern suburb of Baghdad , 02:20.810 --> 02:23.032 it means goals aren't just being scored 02:23.032 --> 02:26.440 on the field a couple of years ago , an 02:26.440 --> 02:28.551 event like this would be unheard of . 02:28.551 --> 02:30.718 But because the joint efforts by Iraqi 02:30.718 --> 02:33.051 and US forces this game is now possible . 02:33.051 --> 02:35.107 We're getting to a point of normalcy 02:35.107 --> 02:36.773 here . This normalcy is being 02:36.773 --> 02:38.940 established because the Iraqi security 02:38.940 --> 02:41.162 forces are doing what's necessary as we 02:41.162 --> 02:43.329 actually look at the field and look at 02:43.329 --> 02:45.496 the preparations that went into this . 02:45.496 --> 02:48.020 They are dedicated to making sure that 02:48.030 --> 02:50.086 the avenues of approach and also the 02:50.086 --> 02:52.141 perimeter of this field are actually 02:52.141 --> 02:54.470 safe to be able to conduct a football 02:54.470 --> 02:56.460 game here at this location . We're 02:56.460 --> 02:58.571 trying to show them that we're really 02:58.571 --> 03:00.738 not too different from them and were a 03:00.738 --> 03:02.904 part of their community . Uh , so that 03:02.904 --> 03:02.790 they can really trust us to come to 03:02.800 --> 03:04.856 come to us with any issues that they 03:04.856 --> 03:06.689 have and really be part of their 03:06.689 --> 03:08.744 community . In addition , we're just 03:08.744 --> 03:10.911 trying to show them that their country 03:10.911 --> 03:10.870 is making incredible leaps forward in 03:10.870 --> 03:13.092 the past couple of years and the safety 03:13.092 --> 03:15.148 is improved to the point where I can 03:15.148 --> 03:17.314 walk around without any of my gear and 03:17.314 --> 03:19.314 play a game a friendly game against 03:19.314 --> 03:21.481 people were we were at war with a mere 03:21.481 --> 03:23.670 six years ago At the end of the game 03:23.670 --> 03:26.040 the score was 3-2 , but everyone can 03:26.040 --> 03:28.096 agree the real one here was the fund 03:28.096 --> 03:30.151 and safe environment for everyone to 03:30.151 --> 03:32.096 enjoy reporting for multi national 03:32.096 --> 03:33.873 division Baghdad . I'm Sergeant 03:33.873 --> 03:35.950 Ashleigh Anderson . Mhm . 03:39.340 --> 03:41.480 even more Iraqis can say they have 03:41.480 --> 03:43.480 something to praise about . Another 03:43.480 --> 03:45.536 handover shows us how Iraq is moving 03:45.536 --> 03:47.758 closer and closer to running at its own 03:47.758 --> 03:51.100 speed . Troopers of the three 82nd have 03:51.100 --> 03:53.267 closed down yet another joint security 03:53.267 --> 03:55.267 station and handed it over to Iraqi 03:55.267 --> 03:57.600 forces joint Security station or J . S . 03:57.600 --> 03:59.800 S . Madonna is now in the hands of the 03:59.800 --> 04:02.380 Iraqi police as part of the bilateral 04:02.380 --> 04:04.602 security agreement . In accordance with 04:04.602 --> 04:06.824 Article 24 we are turning over this J . 04:06.824 --> 04:09.047 S . S to them as they have demonstrated 04:09.047 --> 04:08.550 that they are prepared to take the lead 04:08.840 --> 04:11.910 in the Mono Ziona area . And uh we'll 04:11.910 --> 04:14.210 be pulling back from being actually 04:14.210 --> 04:16.377 physically co located with them . That 04:16.377 --> 04:18.432 does not mean we're gonna be pulling 04:18.432 --> 04:20.654 back from the actual mission to support 04:20.654 --> 04:22.990 them advisory and also to provide an 04:22.990 --> 04:25.420 able to support them when required this 04:25.420 --> 04:28.100 day is the is the culmination of of 04:28.100 --> 04:31.980 really years of training and support 04:31.990 --> 04:35.030 to the Iraqi police here in Muthanna . 04:35.060 --> 04:37.520 So since the , since the beginning of 04:37.520 --> 04:39.576 the war , coalition forces have been 04:39.576 --> 04:41.800 training Iraqi policemen how to be 04:41.800 --> 04:44.060 policemen have been been working 04:44.060 --> 04:46.227 alongside them and operating alongside 04:46.227 --> 04:48.449 them for for years . We sort of had the 04:48.449 --> 04:50.504 lead and they followed and then they 04:50.504 --> 04:52.727 had the lead and we helped and now they 04:52.727 --> 04:54.782 are ready to do it all by themselves 04:54.782 --> 04:58.740 when we are pulling out , the U . 04:58.740 --> 05:01.710 S . Forces have spent a lot of effort 05:01.720 --> 05:03.870 in the past six years and are 05:03.870 --> 05:07.360 continuing it's time now for Iraqi 05:07.360 --> 05:09.527 forces to play their role because they 05:09.527 --> 05:11.560 have received the proper training 05:11.640 --> 05:15.000 despite the US handing over this Gss 05:15.000 --> 05:17.430 they are still working closely with us . 05:19.940 --> 05:21.829 We are not Madonna will act as an 05:21.829 --> 05:23.996 operations and training center for the 05:23.996 --> 05:25.940 Iraqi police . Now that the US has 05:25.940 --> 05:28.280 moved out reporting for multi national 05:28.280 --> 05:30.300 division Baghdad . I'm Sergeant 05:30.310 --> 05:33.780 Ashleigh Anderson . Yeah . And that's 05:33.780 --> 05:36.002 it for this week's edition of the First 05:36.002 --> 05:38.169 Team update . Don't forget to check us 05:38.169 --> 05:40.380 out on the web at www dot cab country 05:40.390 --> 05:42.220 dot net . I'm Sergeant Ashleigh 05:42.220 --> 05:44.740 Anderson . And remember First Team Team 05:44.740 --> 05:46.490 First Live the legend . 05:57.340 --> 05:59.140 Mhm . Mhm . Yeah . 06:01.540 --> 06:01.860 Yes .