The Marines’ mission in Iraq: Training Iraqi forces

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  • U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, Task Force Al Asad, post security for members of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, TF Al Asad, search for the impact site of a 122 mm rocket aboard Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Jan. 4, 2015. Soldiers and Marines are taking prudent measures to protect the members of Task Force Al Asad from the threat of indirect fire. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carson A. Gramley/Released)
  • U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Juan Rodriguez, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, Task Force Al Asad, gives a Counter Improvised Explosive Device class to Iraqi soldiers at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2015. Rodriguez is the lead for CIED training in the Build Partnership Capacity program designed to equip Iraqi Army units with the training and knowledge necessary to degrade and defeat Daesh in Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carson A. Gramley/Released)
  • U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Juan Rodriguez, an explosive ordnance disposal officer with Task Force Al Asad, and brigade-level leaders of the Iraqi Army walk through an improvised explosive device training lane aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 31, 2015. The classes showed the leadership the training their soldiers will receive in the future and gave them a look at tactics being used today by Da’esh. (U.S. Marine Photo by Cpl. Will Perkins/Released)
  • U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Juan Rodriguez, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, Task Force Al Asad, gives a Counter Improvised Explosive Device class and shows Iraqi soldiers how to properly check a casualty for explosive traps at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2015. Rodriguez is the lead for CIED training in the Build Partnership Capacity program designed to equip Iraqi Army units with the training and knowledge necessary to degrade and defeat Daesh in Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carson A. Gramley/Released)
  • An Iraqi squad leader assigns a soldier his area of responsibility during defense training aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2015. The training gave the soldiers a greater understanding of basic ambush and defense maneuvers. (U.S. Marine photo by Cpl. Will Perkins/RELEASED)
  • U.S. Navy Seaman Barry Sullivan, corpsman, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, Task Force Al Asad, demonstrates to Iraqi soldiers the proper way to evaluate and move a notional casualty after an Improvised Explosive Device detonation at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 18, 2015. Coalition forces are facilitating training in the Build Partnership Capacity program designed to equip Iraqi army units with the training and knowledge necessary to degrade and defeat Daesh in Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carson A. Gramley/Released)
  • U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Juan Rodriguez, an explosive ordnance disposal officer, a Danish soldier, both assigned to Task Force Al Asad, and brigade-level leaders of the Iraqi Army walk through an improvised explosive device training lane aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 31, 2015. The classes showed the leadership the training their soldiers will receive in the future and gave them a look at tactics being used today by Da’esh. (U.S. Marine Photo by Cpl. Will Perkins/Released)
  • U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Whyte, a missileman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Task Force Al Asad, fires a FGM-148 Javelin missile at simulated enemy armored targets during a combined-arms training exercise at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 3. (United States Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carson Gramley)