Peshmerga soldiers listen and watch as a German coalition

Peshmerga soldiers listen and watch as a German coalition instructor explains how to properly secure an area 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). Training at the building partner capacity sites is an integral part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s multinational effort to train Iraqi Security Force personnel to defeat Daesh (an Arabic acronym for ISIL). (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sergio Rangel/Released)