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Prospective members of the Department of Border Enforcement assemble at the recruiting centre at Camp Cherokee.
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START 00:00:00 Views from top cover of Army Land Rover (one of a small convoy) which leaves base and drives along the dockside at Basra to Camp Cherokee.
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00:05:17 Sign "New Iraqi Army Southern Region Basrah Recruiting Center". Hopefuls gather alongside (and on top of) the Hesco barriers to apply for DBE jobs. British and Iraqi soldiers monitor them from watchtower. Members of the Iraq Police's Tactical Support Unit keep order outside Almina Police Station.
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00:08:40 Colour Sergeant from E Battery the Royal Horse Artillery discusses the situation with the station commander (through interpreter).
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00:14:46 Men line up outside the Recruiting Centre and are let in one by one. Inside the compound, they are searched before being led into a large building where they are seated and given a basic literary test.
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00:23:55 Recruits line up and are led to a different building where they are given a optical test.
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00:30:06 Exterior of the headquarters of the Iraqi Riverian [Riverine] Patrol Service (IRPS).
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00:30:27 Crowds gather outside the camp. A man is arrested and carried inside (cameraman is prevented from filming). Tactical Support Unit pick-up truck with masked gunners drives past. Views from watchtower of the crowd gathering and of soldiers on watch.
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00:33:32 Woman soldier from the Royal Horse Artillery chats with a local boy as Iraqi soldier sits nearby. British soldier inspects the AK47 of an Iraqi colleague.
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00:36:16 Iraqi Army instructor greets men who have passed the basic tests. They are marched through to another building where their details are taken and they are issued with uniforms (including boots). They put their uniforms on as others are processed. The new recruits are briefed.
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00:51:23 Interviews with Iraqi officer and recruits.
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01:00:54 Entrance with sign "E Battery Royal Horse Artillery".
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