James Dubik nominated to head Iraqi forces training

James Dubick has been director of the 'Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Campaign', a Pentagon program to transform military operations for the 21st century, including rapid reaction forces and combat in urban environments.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army three-star general has been nominated to take over training of Iraqi security forces.

Army Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik is currently the commanding general of the I Corps at Fort Lewis, Wash. He will succeed Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey as commander of Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq.

Dubik was once a philisophy instructor at the U.S. Military Academy.

Dempsey has held that post since September 2005, overseeing more than a year of some progress and difficult set backs, particularly concerning the training of police. Last fall, concerned about sectarian militia influence in police commando units, Dempsey initiated a retraining program for all the national police brigades. At least two have thus far completed the retraining program. In one unit alone more than 70 officers and police were fired and several arrested for their personal role in violence in Baghdad.

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