Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq

MNSTC-I's mission was to assist the Defense and Interior Ministries by improving Iraqi quality and institutional performance.

[4] Owen West's book The Snake Eaters includes open complaints about the quality of advisors; there was a perception that mentoring teams were staffed with "leftovers.

"[5] Advisors did not arrive prepared: their knowledge of Iraqi culture and Islam was "literally power point deep.

To do this the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) was established under Major General Paul Eaton.

In June 2009, the organization structure changed again with the creation of the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission (ITAM) led by US Army Major General Richard J. Rowe, Jr, the Iraqi Security Assistance Mission (ISAM), and the Partnership Strategy Group (PSG-I).

"[11] Michael Ferriter was the successor Deputy Commander, Advising and Training, United States Forces - Iraq, from January to October 2011.

Brigadier Gen. Steve Salazar, deputy commanding general of the Coalition Army Advisory Training Team, and other representatives from the team, visited a training site of the Iraqi 7th Division near Al Asad Air Base , Anbar Province , July 20, 2008. Once finished, the facility was planned to have enough equipment to train more than 300 Iraqi soldiers.