Defense Department Documents and Publications
March 14, 2014
Security assistance trainers provide leadership training for Armenian troops
USASAC Public Affairs
March 12, 2014
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (March 14, 2014) — Six military members from
the U.S. Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization,
and the Kansas Army National Guard, led a Warrior Leader Course at the
Warrant Officer School in Yerevan, Armenia from Feb. 24 to March 1.
“This is in fact the first Warrior Leaders Course that has ever been
conducted in Armenia,” said Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Bootes from the U.S.
Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization. “This
course was instrumental in demonstrating the capabilities of a
professional non-commissioned officer corps and laid the foundation
for the improvements that they desire for the Armenian Army NCO
Corps.”
The U.S. Army Mobile Training Team condensed key lessons from the
month-long U.S. Army Warrior Leadership Course into a one-week version
for 46 privates and sergeants of the Armenian Army. Focusing on basic
leadership and soldier skills, this “lite” version still had the same
expectation, to provide a crucial step toward these Armenian soldiers
becoming better NCOs and will have a better understanding of how to
apply basic leadership, training management and warfighting skills in
any environment in which they operate.
“For our militaries to work together [and to be] interoperable within
NATO and amongst partners, the NCO corps is critical,” said U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia John Heffren. “What this training is about and
what the NCO corps is about is a lot more than actual warfighting,
it’s about leadership.”
This is the first of three NCO development courses which supports U.S.
Army Security Assistance Command’s mission to help build partner
capacity which will lead to stronger regional stability.