A Peshmerga soldier looks at a target through the sites

A Peshmerga soldier looks at a target through the sites of an M224 60mm mortar during a live-fire range at a training site near Atrush, Iraq, July 24, 2016. Coalition trainers conducted the exercise to familiarize Peshmerga soldiers the proper use of the mortar system with high-explosive ammunition. . By enabling increased security capabilities among local fighting forces through the advise and assist, and building partner capacity, missions, the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s multinational Coalition is helping the Government of Iraq to set the conditions to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)