Herat-based training center graduates 60 NCO’s
Story and photos by U.S. Navy Lt. David P. Varney Regional Support Command-West/NTM-A Unit Public Affairs Representative
RSC-W Command Sgt. Maj. Mark W. Huston, speaks to a newly promoted noncommissioned officer in the ANA through an interpreter. Huston attended the graduation as the guest of honor, representing Regional Support Command-West.
HERAT, Afghanistan –Regional Military Training Center-West (RMTC-W) graduated 60 Afghan National Army noncommissioned officers (NCOs) from its NCO Battle Course July 18.
Regional Support Command West (RSC-W) Command Sgt. Maj. Mark W. Huston, along with RMTC-W leadership and its coalition advising team attended the ceremony to honor and congratulate the newest graduates of the course.
The graduating NCOs made quite an impression on Huston, who said, “It’s a real honor to be here at the RMTC-W graduation ceremony. Seeing these young men move from being soldiers to noncommissioned officers is truly inspiring.”
Honor graduates from the Noncommissioned Officer Battle Course (NCOBC) at Regional Military Training Center- West (RMTC-W) in Herat, Afghanistan, proudly display their certificates at their graduation ceremony.
The newly-promoted ANA sergeants completed the physically and mentally challenging eight-week course, that focuses on the advanced leadership and tactical skills necessary to become squad leaders and eventually platoon sergeants. Subjects include literacy, advanced weapons training and counter-insurgency, culminating in a four-day field exercise.
These newly acquired skills, according to Huston, will be invaluable in the days ahead. “These NCOs are taking on a leadership role in an army at war, and there is no doubt they will soon be back into the fight. It takes a brave young man to assume this responsibility. These new ‘Breedman’ (NCOs) will be the next chapter in NCO leadership in the Afghan Army,” said Huston.
Regional Support Command-West falls under NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan which is a coalition of 38 troop-contributing nations charged with assisting the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in generating a capable and sustainable Afghan National Security Force ready to take lead of their country’s security by 2014. For more information about NTM-A, visit www.ntm-a.com
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