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An Australian Army trainer leads Iraqi Army soldiers to the beginning of the bayonet course during bayonet fighting lessons at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Australian and New Zealand forces are assisting the Iraqi Army to enhance the ability of Iraqi soldiers to combat Daesh.
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Peshmerga soldiers participate in a break from contact drill under the supervision of Italian trainers near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2016. Coalition trainers in Northern Iraq have trained more than 6,000 Peshmerga soldiers in basic and advanced infantry skills. This training is part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s building partner capacity mission to enable the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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A Peshmerga soldier takes up a security position during an improvised explosive device detection and defeat exercise at a base near Erbil, Iraq, Jan. 14, 2016. Peshmerga soldiers attend a six-week infantry basic course that will help them gain more skills to aid in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve building partner capacity mission to increase the military capacity of Iraqi Security Forces fighting ISIL.
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A Spanish trainer assists an Iraqi soldier, assigned to the 72nd Iraqi Army Brigade, with loading a .50 caliber machine gun during a combined arms breach training exercise (CABEX) at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2016. The CABEX validates the brigade’s ability to maneuver multiple assets across the battlefield as well as the ability to defeat obstacles such as mine fields, berms, locked doors, and windows while firing live ammunition.
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More than 60 partners contribute to Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation aimed at militarily defeating ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

This week, U.S. President Barack Obama told reporters the next phase in the campaign will target ISIL-controlled Hit in Iraq’s Anbar province, with the ultimate goal of retaking Mosul -- Iraq’s second-largest city.
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This week in support of Operation Inherent Resolve
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The mission of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve is to defeat ISIL, or Daesh, as it's also known in our area of operation, which includes both Iraq and Syria.
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More than 60 partners contribute to Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation aimed at militarily defeating ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

This week Defense Ministers from more than 27 countries met to discuss the military campaign plan, recent efforts to accelerate anti-ISIL operations, and how to protect their countries citizens from ISIL's global ambitions.
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“As far as the campaign is … concerned, I’m confident that we will defeat ISIL and that we have the momentum of the campaign in Iraq and Syria,” Secretary of Defense Ash Carter

This week, leaders in the Department of Defense spoke to U.S. lawmakers about the state of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (ISIL)
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This week in CJTFOIR: 459 members recently graduated a #CJTFOIR building partner capacity course and will join the Iraqi counter-terrorist service in the fight against ISIL.
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"We are increasing the number of folks that we are supporting on the ground [in Syria] -- in this case the Syrian-Arab Coalition ... This is all part of tightening the noose on ISIL in Syria.”

#CJCS The Joint Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. explains the latest #CJTFOIR operations aimed at breaking the connection between Raqqa and Mosul, Iraq, -- the largest city that ISIL controls.
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More than 60 partners contribute to Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation aimed at militarily defeating ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

This week, U.S. Army Col. Christopher Garver, public affairs officer for Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, said the Mosul assault will happen in the coming months on the timeline of the Iraqis, who are planning the operation.

"We're supporting them throughout the operation, but we look for ways to accelerate the timeline," he said, explaining that this includes speeding up the training for the Iraqi soldiers, and providing options to help them on the ground.
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In the latest months, the ISF, supported by the Coalition, have recovered the cities of Sinjar and Bayji, both located in the north, and are of great importance from the operational viewpoint, and are at this moment employing units for the recovery of Mosul.
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Our strategy to defeat Da’esh has not changed.  We continue attacking the enemy with strikes across the breadth and depth of their so-called caliphate to weaken them whilst we enhance the lethality of our partner forces on the ground in both countries through close coordination of our fires with their movement.
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#CJTFOIR struck a major ISIL bulk cash center in Mosul Jan. 11. Depriving ISIL of financial resources is an essential part of the shaping operation to retake the ISIL capital in Iraq.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter spoke to Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at U.S. Army Fort Campbell, who are preparing to deploy to train, advise, and assist Iraqi Security Forces fighting ISIL.
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French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter hosted the first face-to-face meeting of representatives from all seven countries providing major contributions to the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Jan. 20, 2016, in Paris.

According to the French Defense Minister, the prime objective of the meeting, which included his British, German, Italian, Dutch and Australian colleagues, was to step up their shared effort by implementing a consistent military strategy.

During a joint press conference with the French Defense Minister, Secretary Carter also announced he invited defense ministers from all 26 counter-ISIL military coalition nations, plus Iraq, to convene in Brussels in three weeks for a first ever discussion among coalition defense ministers to discuss the opportunities they have, and must seize to hasten ISIL's lasting defeat.
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