Aug 1 2024

Video: NATO Mission Iraq Overview

NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) was established in Baghdad in October 2018. The mission is focused on mentoring and advising Iraqi national defence structures and military education institutions, through a series of activities conducted in full respect of Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is designed to help Iraqi security structures and institutions further develop and sustain their capacity, so they can ensure that ISIS/Daesh does not return. 

NMI advisors work closely with officials of the Iraqi Ministry of Defence, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior and the Office of the National Security Advisor to help Iraq build a more effective, sustainable, inclusive and transparent defence sector. Advisors from the mission also train Iraqi instructors at Iraqi military schools and academies in such areas as countering explosive devices, civil-military planning, armoured vehicle maintenance and military medicine. 

NMI is a non-combat mission. It focuses its efforts on several Iraqi professional military education institutions and training schools in Baghdad, Besmayah and Taji.

Video by JFC Naples Public Affairs Office