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Normally, the men in the foxholes at Fort Bragg, N.C., would be American G.I.s. But these were Spanish-speaking members of the Salvadoran army taking part in a novel experiment. The soldiers are among 1,466 members of the 15,000-man Salvadoran force who are starting to receive a crash course in basic U.S. Army fighting skills at two of the country's most important military installations, Fort Bragg and Georgia's Fort Benning. The $15 million program is by far the largest basic training exercise for foreign troops ever undertaken at one time on American soil...
Some 900 Salvadorans arrived last week at Fort Bragg's John F. Kennedy Center for Military Assistance, joining the 60 Salvadoran officers and NCOs who were already on the post. During the next three months, 185 Spanish-speaking U.S. Special Forces and 82nd Airborne Division instructors will teach them the light-infantry skills that an average G.I. might absorb in nearly a full year. The program includes everything from basic physical training to communications to the use of American weapons. Much of the emphasis will be on training the Salvadorans to operate as coordinated units on the squad, platoon...
...Fort Benning, about 500 other Salvadoran trainees last month began a combined 14-week basic training and officers candidate course. American soldiers normally spend 38 weeks in these courses, emerging as combat infantry platoon leaders. The special program puts a high emphasis on tactics: how to deploy men in combat, techniques of patrol and arranging fields of fire to provide the best defensive protection...
American University came out smoking last night at Fort Myers in Arlington, jumping out to an early 20-4 lead and then hightailing if home...
...disclose the locations of two other training camps that he purportedly runs in Florida? Wink. Can he provide the names of any of the former U.S. Army Special Forces officers he allegedly employs as instructors? Wink. How about a visit to Gonzalez's putative paratrooper school in Fort Myers, Fla.? He would like to oblige, but... Wink...