38th helps Iraqis take control                                                                                           Story by Sgt. Vickey Jones, 38th Military Police Company                                                         Posted: October 3, 2008

BAGHDAD, Iraq – During the 38th Military Police Company’s deployment to Iraq, its Soldiers have been mentoring the Iraqi police and patrolling the Baghdad streets with them.

On September 20, Iraqi police marked another milestone in the journey to work independently. The Karadah District Iraqi Police began the first Iraqi Police Leadership Development Course or IPLDC to be organized and instructed by Karadah District Iraqi Police.

Iraqi police officer 1st Lt. Mushtaq Tariq-Jabar and 2nd Lt. Salaam Labeen Abdul-Hadi are the instructors for the class.

“It is something that is very good. It is teaching us (Iraqi police) the importance of ethics, and is giving us more of a foundation to work with. I learn more and more every day,” said Tariq-Jabar of the class, and through an interpreter.

Tariq-Jabar and Abdul-Hadi attended a training course given by Task Force 95 Military Police Iraqi Police Advisors, prior to teaching IPLDC.

According to Tariq-Jabar the class is beneficial to Iraq and its people. “I would like the Iraqi people to continue to cooperate with Iraqi police, Coalition forces, and security forces, so they can live safe in Iraq,” he said.

Coalition Soldiers expressed their sense of pride in their Iraqi peers. “You know that their hard work has paid off, and you can see the confidence that has been gained,” said Staff Sgt. Roy Shaver, a squad leader with the 38th MP Company, TF-95.

The company is headquartered in Danville, Ind. and is in the eighth month of its year-long deployment.