USMC Major General Toolan, Commanding General of II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) and Afghan General Brigadier General Hassan attended the graduation of 18 Afghan National Army soldiers who had completed a course qualifying them as Instructors at the new Regional Military Training Centre which opens shortly at Camp Shorabak. The RMTC will start Basic Training courses turning recruits into fully qualified ANA Warriors (soldiers) during April. At the same ceremony 25 ANA soldiers celebrated their graduation as Counter IED Instructors.

Photography: RAF/MOD Crown Copyright 2011