Courses completed for the Afghan military

(To Army Majority State)
20/11/19

In this week, I completed some training courses for Afghan Security Forces (Afghan National Defense Security Forces - ANDSF) at Herat's Train Advise Assist Command West (TAAC-W) in Afghanistan.

After five weeks of activity, the Italian instructors of "Mountain Warfare" qualified the first Afghan instructors of the 207th Army Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA) on basic mountain movement and combat techniques. This is an advanced course held by personnel from the Alpine Training Center and the "Julia" and "Taurinense" Alpine brigades that will allow, especially the personnel of the 1st ANA brigade to independently train their own personnel employed in a mountain environment.

The activity ended with an exercise in the mountains in which the Afghan soldiers, Italian soldiers of the “Serenissima” lagoon regiment and the Alpine Corps participated jointly.

Instructors of the “Serenissima” lagoon regiment conducted the first course “Basic Infantry Small Unit Leader” by training the first Afghan trainers of the Regional Military Training Center of Herat. The course allowed the students to refine the technical and tactical procedures typical of the Infantry.

The TAAC-W is currently led by the "Pozzuolo del Friuli" cavalry brigade under the command of Brigadier General Giovanni Parmiggiani who, during the ceremonies for the delivery of end-of-course certificates, wanted to emphasize the professionalism and dedication shown by the military and Afghan policemen during training activities: "The success of these courses demonstrates the effectiveness of the Train, Advise and Assist of NATO carried out by the TAAC-W".

TAAC-W, an Italian-led NATO Command, is made up of soldiers from 8 nations, all united in a single purpose, to contribute to training, assistance and advice to the Afghan Security Forces in order to facilitate the conditions for the creation of a state of law, credible and transparent institutions and above all, autonomous and well-equipped security forces.