Staff Sgt. Ayad, 5th Iraqi Army Division, teaches Iraqi

Staff Sgt. Ayad, 5th Iraqi Army Division, teaches Iraqi jinood, Arabic for soldiers, a maneuvering class prior to a live fire exercise at Kirkush Military Training Base, Iraq, March 9. U.S. soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, assumed a supervisory role as Iraqi instructors led the Iraqi courses. After three iterations of the 25-day training cycles, known as Tadreeb al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training, U.S. forces are transitioning control of the Iraqi military training initiative to IA units.