Coalition Military Assistance Training Team

The Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT) was a part of the Coalition Provisional Authority created to organize, train and equip the Iraqi Army from 2003.[1] It later became part of Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I). CMATT had initial plans to stand up nine infantry brigades in three divisions, a coastal defense force, and lay the framework of an aviation arm of the military.

Among CMATT's goals were developing a force that was:

  • under political control,
  • accountable to the nation, and
  • defensive in capability

Additionally, CMATT advisors established (or reestablished) Iraqi Army Infantry, logistics, administration, medical services, signals, and military police schools.

In 2004, a small Air Cell was established within the CMATT, made up of coalition officers, to guide the creation of the reborn Iraqi Air Force. Advisory Support Teams were formed at Basra, Kirkuk, Taji, and Talil to build capacity within the new Iraqi air units.[2]

Dissolution

CMATT was dissolved after the establishment of MNSTC-I in June-July 2004. The initial aim for the New Iraqi Army, of developing U.S. style mechanized divisions to defend the country from invasion from its surrounding neighbors, had to change to developing the necessary security forces to protect the Iraqi population from the Iraqi insurgency.[3]

The Air Cell was replaced, as part of MNSTC-I, with the Coalition Air Force Transition Team, established on 18 November 2005.

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References
  1. Wright and Reese, On Point II, p. 433-434, Combat Studies Institute Press, Ft Leavenworth, KS, 2008.
  2. Allen, Patrick (8 February 2006). "New Iraqi Air Force boosted by aircraft and joint operations". Jane's Defence Weekly. p. 31.
  • Andrew Rathmell, Olga Oliker, et al., "Developing Iraq's Security Sector: the Coalition Provisional Authority experience," RAND Corporation, MG-365-SD, Santa Monica, CA, 2005.
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