Afghan National Army Sgt. Fasil Rahim, a machine gunner with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, smiles while waiting for the command to fire during a machine gun range with Marines assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team here, Feb. 21. As Afghan forces become more independent in the conduct of security operations in Garmsir district, the ETT Marines are focused on teaching ANA leaders how to employ their men in this mission. Rather than focusing solely on weapons handling and employment during the 20-day course, Marine instructors concentrated on devel
Afghan National Army Sgt. Fasil Rahim, a machine gunner with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, smiles while waiting for the command to fire during a machine gun range with Marines assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team here, Feb. 21. As Afghan forces become more independent in the conduct of security operations in Garmsir district, the ETT Marines are focused on teaching ANA leaders how to employ their men in this mission. Rather than focusing solely on weapons handling and employment during the 20-day course, Marine instructors concentrated on developing ANA noncommissioned officers as machine gun team leaders. Flickr - DVIDSHUB - Afghan soldiers develop into machine gun leaders under the guidance of E28098AmericaE28099s BattalionE28099 (Image 3 of 9)
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