Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service Basic Leader Course students prepare to navigate to their next location during a practical exercise near Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 5, 2019. BLC teaches junior leaders the skills and actions needed to develop their individual leadership abilities. Coalition forces advise and assist the Iraqi instructors in a united effort to build an elite, self-sustaining force that can secure Iraq’s sovereign borders, protect the population and ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS.

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