Marine academy for Afghan troops to close
Camp Leatherneck program is training Afghan instructors to take over
Written by
Gretel C. Kovach
1:44 p.m., Sept. 8, 2012
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — When a brigade of Marines moved into Helmand Province in 2009, they built a joint training center for Afghan forces aboard their rapidly expanding new strategic headquarters. Now after three years of operation and a surge of basic instruction for newly fielded police and soldiers, Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest is closing down.
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