40% loss of anti-terrorism forces Americans worry about the rise of the crowd

40% loss of anti-terrorism forces Americans worry about the rise of the crowd


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When the Iraqi government announced a recruitment campaign within the counterterrorism forces in May, an astonishing 300,000 men volunteered, 3,000 of whom passed the initial examination.


A US military coach said only about 1,000 were expected to be admitted to the US-Iraq Joint Training Academy. The staggering reaction to the popularity of the Golden Band in the wake of its prominent role in restoring land is daunting, but the rigorous selection process highlights the challenge of rebuilding a force the United States says has lost 40 percent of its human and military resources during the nine-month battle in Mosul.
The anti-terrorist forces - about 10,000 fighters - are the butter of the Iraqi armed forces, but the popular mobilization forces are also among the most trusted fighters in Iraq. Both forces managed to stop a rally in Iraq in 2014 when the army and police collapsed, Later, the two forces managed to expel armed men from their main strongholds. While several important towns remain under duplicitous control, rapid reorganization of anti-terrorist forces is a priority in the near term, although the strength of these forces has a long-term impact on Iraq's ability to prevent the emergence of another insurgency. The Golden Band's compensation is likely to decide whether Iraq will depend on a regular force under the leadership of the government to end the mission against a preacher and prevent the formation of another group, or whether this task will be entrusted to the popular mobilization forces that have become a legal entity in the Iraqi security forces.
For the United States, the buildup is not an option and training and equipping new Iraqi elite forces has become important in US policy in Iraq.
In May, the Pentagon requested $ 1.3 billion in training and equipping the mission in Iraq for fiscal year 2018. "Without this funding, there will be more opportunities for other countries to expand their influence in Iraq," she said.
Counter-terrorism forces were established by US special forces in 2004 to counter the violent insurgency that followed the US invasion of 2003, and the relationship between the two forces remains.
Brigadier Patrick Ruberson, commander of US special operations forces involved in training new anti-terrorism forces in Iraq, said "
"There are about 100 US special forces working with their Iraqi counterparts to choose recruits in elite forces. They look like us, they have an open mentality and carry out operations as we do." Roberson adds that Iraqi officers take about 95 percent of the NRF training for 30 to 40 months, But the United States is closely monitoring the quality, and this is testimony to the rapid maturity of Iraqi officers, "he said, adding that" there is nothing we know, they know everything. "
Their importance in fighting and the losses they make makes it necessary to train troops and quickly deploy them to units in the field, Prolonged training may not keep up with etc. "Since July, only 500 fighters have joined the units in the field
," Roberson said, adding that about 2,000 fighters graduate from the academy each year, much less than the Department of Defense aims to reach 20,000 fighters over the next three years.
The US military says there will be no change in the counterterrorism training program to speed up the deployment of new forces and deploy them in the field.
Roberson says the challenge is to maintain high levels of counterterrorism forces during periods of exhaustion and attrition, as happened in the fighting in Mosul and the battles that preceded Falluja and Ramadi, where elite forces were leading.
One of the ideas the Americans think is to open the door to recruitment to the general public, and move from the idea of ​​choosing good forces from the ranks of the security forces to search for people with good capabilities from the street.
عن About: The Washington Post Roberson says the challenge is to maintain high levels of counterterrorism forces during periods of exhaustion and attrition, as happened in the fighting in Mosul and the battles that preceded Falluja and Ramadi, where elite forces were the leaders. One of the ideas the Americans think is to open the door to recruitment to the general public, and move from the idea of ​​choosing good forces from the ranks of the security forces to search for people with good capabilities from the street. عن About: The Washington Post Roberson says the challenge is to maintain high levels of counterterrorism forces during periods of exhaustion and attrition, as happened in the fighting in Mosul and the battles that preceded Falluja and Ramadi, where elite forces were leading. One of the ideas the Americans think is to open the door to recruitment to the general public, and move from the idea of ​​choosing good forces from the ranks of the security forces to search for people with good capabilities from the street. عن About: The Washington Post


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