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Article: IRAQI SOLDIERS GRADUATE MEDICAL COURSE, RETURN TO UNITS IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 19, 2006
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The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:
Since Cpl. Haider Mohammed Jender joined the Iraqi Army a year ago, he has learned how to combat insurgents and provide security to his people.
Now, the 34-year-old Iraqi soldier has completed what he says is the most important training he'll ever receive - how to save lives.
Jender was one of 20 Iraqi soldiers who recently graduated from an Iraqi Army's Basic Medical Course here - the first in western Al Anbar Province - five weeks of lectures, written examinations and practical application on what U.S. medical personnel deem as crucial life-saving skills for treating casualties in combat.
"It's most important how to stop ...