Current President of the Russian “Airborne and Spetsnaz Veterans’ Association”, former Airborne Troops Commander, and arms trader, Colonel General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Achalov" class="extiw" title="en:Vladislav Achalov">Vladislav Achalov</a> (center in suit) receives award from the Iraqi Defense Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Hashim_Ahmed" class="extiw" title="en:Sultan Hashim Ahmed">Sultan Hashim Ahmed</a> in March 2003 for his role in preparing Iraq to repel US aggression days before the operation began.
Dr. Graham H. Turbiville, Jr. of the <br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Special_Operations_University" title="Joint Special Operations University"><img alt="Joint Special Operations University" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/USSpecOpsCmdDUI.gif/22px-USSpecOpsCmdDUI.gif" decoding="async" width="22" height="27" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/USSpecOpsCmdDUI.gif/33px-USSpecOpsCmdDUI.gif 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/USSpecOpsCmdDUI.gif/44px-USSpecOpsCmdDUI.gif 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="903"></a> Joint Special Operations University, 357 Tully Street, Arison Building, Hurlburt Field, FL 32544.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA495392">Russian Special Forces</a> (JSOU Pamphlet 05-1, August 2005), page 13.