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From what I saw first hand, in my AO anyway. First the AD Army trained the local ICDC unit, then they moved and the Marines came in and took over that mission, a few months later they moved an Army NG unit took over that mission. There was an ODA in the same area, but they were kept busy doing other things.
While this allowed the ODA to carry out another mission, the lack of continuity seemed to greatly slow the pace at which that ICDC unit was brought up to speed. New trainers every few months, most having no previous FID experience, each having to learn when they hit the ground, and then moving to another AO just about the time they were starting to get the AO and the mission figured out. I will say that the Soldiers and Marines did an outstanding job with what they had, but I think it that ICDC unit would have been brought up to speed a lot quicker if they had an ODA training them, or at least the same trainers for the duration of their training.
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