Iraqi security forces in training total about 3,600 -- Pentagon

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (KUNA) -- There are about 3,600 Iraqi security forces and Kurdish forces in the training pipeline, Rear Admiral John Kirby, Pentagon spokesman, said on Friday.
The total includes roughly 600 at Al Asad, 1,600 at Camp Taji, another 1,300 or so at Bismayah and 100 Peshmerga in Irbil, "which just started today," Kirby said during a briefing.
Various levels of U.S. troops are assisting at each of those sites, and additional coalition partners are expected to help with training at the sites, he said.
"The training is up and running now, and we hope to flesh this out with additional trainers and trainees as time goes on," Kirby said..
The training goal is to produce 12 brigades -- nine Iraqi and three Kurdish, he said.
The training is "a six-week long evolution," he said. "So they have three weeks on, with a one-week break, and then three more weeks of training." (end) rm.ibi