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AAF learn fundamentals of entry control procedures

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KABUL, Afghanistan --  Members of the Afghan Air Force practice basic apprentice security force training and entry control procedures at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," an AAF base, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 24.

The focus of the class is to give AAF Airmen basic procedures and knowledge of security measures.

"The basic apprentice security force training and entry control procedures are taught because they are the backbone of what duties AAF members will be performing when they get released back to their working squadron," Master Sgt. Tyler Brown, the Security Forces advisor at PeH. One of the main roles of security forces is to control access to whatever area that they are guarding. It's a key corner stone of that training."

The role ECP has in the security training has enlightened Afghan Airmen of the importance of the training which ranges from checking IDs to the strategies used to protect the base.

"By teaching ECP, we are teaching the students the proper way at check points to see the badges of people entering a base," said Fraidoon, a civilian Afghan instructor at PeH teaching security procedures. "This training is very important and key to protecting a base. That is why we have them practicing ECP."

Impressed with the training taking place, Fraidoon said that this training will eventually help the Afghan military take over security operations in the country.

Entry Control Point training is important for him and other members of the AAF to learn because they are learning how to secure check points, said Airman Yaar Muhammad, AAF Force Protection member and student at PeH.

"By learning this, I can help my people and I can find better ways to work with my security partner when allowing people on a base," Airman Muhammad said. "We need to practice more and learn these lessons because it benefits me and my homeland if I am good security forces guy."

The importance of Afghan Airman learning ECP procedures is far reaching.

"To keep the insurgency or any threats from penetrating an area, they need to secure an area that way the Afghan Air Force can continue to enable their planes to fly and carry its missions," Sergeant Brown said. "Planes are most valuable on the ground so that's why it's most important for them to secure the area and control access to the area so the planes can fly."

The Afghan Airmen undergoing the training are dedicated to learning and perfecting these tactics.

"They are very receptive," the sergeant said. "If I introduce something new to them, they can turn around and teach it to the students that very same day as if they have been doing this for years."

As more AAF Airmen are trained on the basic procedures needed to secure Afghan assets, it wil become increasingly more attainable to turn over operations to the Afghans in the near future.

"In the long run, it makes my job easier because I can step back and be that extra set of eyes and be an advisor instead of a teacher. We want to go from coalition troops teaching to Afghans teaching," Sergeant Brown said.