Iraqi NCO Academy Graduates ‘Leave to Lead’

Iraqi soldiers and policemen graduated from Task Force Marne Noncommissioned Officer Academy training.

The soldiers were part of the second class to graduate from the Task Force Marne Noncommissioned Officer Academy.

“You must now ‘leave and lead,’” Army Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Berhane, command sergeant major for the 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, told the graduates, echoing a motto of the 3rd Infantry Division NCO Academy at Fort Stewart, Ga. “As you return to your units, you must constantly remind yourself what being a leader is about.”

Building a sense of leadership and a strong NCO corps in the Iraqi security forces is a main goal of the academy.

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