19th HRVCON Commander on promotion of Afghan NCOs
Commander of the 19th HRVCON in ISAF Colonel Tomislav Galić today, 19 April 2012, in the Gaza Camp, in Kabul, Afghanistan, at the invitation of Colonel M. Alam Andarabi, Commander of the Afghan NCO Training Brigade, attended the promotion of a new generation of Afghan National Army NCOs.
They have been mentored by ISAF participating nations under Turkey as a leading nation.
At the ceremony attended by the Commander of Regional Command Capital, Turkish Brigadier General Levent Gözkay and by senior ISAF and Afghan National Army officials, more than three hundred new ANA NCOs were handed over certificates of successful completion of training.
Mentoring activities are extremely important in building the Afghan Security Forces. As it is known, the Croatian Armed Forces participate in the mentoring process with nine teams in the various functional areas at the battalion, brigade and corps level. The Croatian contribution is highly evaluated from the NATO officials and members of the Afghan Security Forces.