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NATO’s training mission in Iraq will soon be growing in size after the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General James L Jones, was authorised to start the next stage of its expansion. The issue of the Activation Order on 16 December, changes the mission’
NATO’s training mission in Iraq will soon be growing in size after the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General James L Jones, was authorised to start the next stage of its expansion. The issue of the Activation Order on 16 December, changes the mission’s name from NATO Training Implementation Mission to NATO Training Mission-Iraq. The Activation Order follows the directive from the North Atlantic Council that came as NATO’s Foreign Ministers met in Brussels on 9 December 2004.
The current expansion of what will be known as the Iraq Training Mission, Iraq (NTM-I) will see up to 300 personnel deployed in Iraq, including trainers and support staff, and will mean a significant increase in the existing training and advice given to mid and senior level personnel from the Iraqi security forces. Currently about 60 NATO staff are working in Iraq. Over the coming weeks new staff will be trained and prepared.
The next stage of expansion, which would lead to a further increase in personnel, will be NATO help in establishing an Iraqi Training Education and Doctrine Centre (TEDC), to provide leadership and management training for the middle and senior level of the Iraqi forces.
Speaking at the Foreign Ministers meeting SACEUR said he was finalising the details of some of the offers, but that the outcome had been very positive, “It means we are really on track to execute training inside Iraq, outside Iraq, and to co-ordinate military equipment supplies for Iraq.”