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Beginning
in 1996, Section 1004 funds paid for the training of "Air-Mobile
Special Forces Groups," or GAFEs, elite military units whose mission
included counternarcotics. The United States trained hundreds of GAFE
personnel on U.S. soil, mainly at Fort Bragg, NC and Fort Benning, GA.
The GAFE
training program ended on October 1, 1998, and the Defense Department
reoriented its training towards maintaining 73 used UH-1H helicopters
that the United States gave Mexico in 1996 and 1997. (Due to their poor
condition, Mexico returned the helicopters to the United States in 1999
and bought 73 used Cessna aircraft instead.)
"In
February 1999," a top defense official told a Senate subcommittee,
"Mexico announced its new counternarcotics strategy, and DoD is working
with the Mexican military to provide counterdrug training to the new and
developing Mexican counternarcotic amphibious units, the Mexican Marines,
and the Mexican Navy's interdiction forces."1
2001:[4]
| Title |
Cost |
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Command
Management Support
|
$665,000
|
|
Fleet
Support
|
$1,200,000
|
|
GBEGO-SOUTHCOM
|
$1,786,000
|
|
Imagery
Programs
|
$217,000
|
|
Intell
Programs
|
$13,011,000
|
|
JFCOM
Planning/Coordination
|
$22,000
|
|
Mexico
Information Analysis Center (IAC)
|
$652,000
|
|
NIMA
Counterdrug Support
|
$54,000
|
|
SOUTHCOM
Support
|
$18,000
|
|
USMCR
CD Support
|
$150,000
|
|
USNR
CD Support
|
$616,000
|
|
Total
|
$18,391,000
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2000:2
|
Title
|
Cost
|
| GBEGO-SOUTHCOM
[Ground-Based End-Game Operations, U.S. Southern Command] |
$4,343,000 |
| Imagery
Program(s) |
$210,000 |
| Intell
Program(s) |
$8,621,000 |
| JFCOM
[Joint Forces Command] Planning/Coordination |
$19,000 |
| USMCR
CD [U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Counter-Drug] Support |
$110,000 |
| Total |
$13,303,000 |
Courses
funded by Section 1004, 1999:3
Note:
the dollar amount here will not match the amount on the main "Section
1004" page. This is merely the total spent on training, while Section
1004 funds can be used for more than just training.
| Course
Title |
Cost |
No.
of Students |
| A/M32A-86
DSL GEN (HOBART) |
$480.00 |
8 |
| ACFT
ELECTRICAL REPAIR |
$1,344.00 |
7 |
| ACFT
POWERPLANT REP-SPANIS |
$75,270.00 |
10 |
| ACFT
POWERTRAIN REP-SPANIS |
$42,384.00 |
6 |
| ACFT
STRUCTURAL REP-SPANIS |
$53,004.00 |
6 |
| ADV
SHPBD F/F |
$4,923.00 |
9 |
| ADVANCED
PRIME MOVERS |
$600.00 |
10 |
| AEROSPACE
GRND EQUIP (AGE) |
$2,112.00 |
11 |
| AIRCRAFT
ELECTRIC-SPANISH |
$83,630.00 |
10 |
| AVIONICS
INSTRUMENT SYS |
$1,728.00 |
9 |
| AVTRA
ADV MARITIME T-44A |
$144,873.00 |
2 |
| AVTRA
INTER/MAR HELO T-34C |
$25,149.00 |
2 |
| AVTRA
PRE-FLIGHT |
$1,323.00 |
1 |
| AVTRA
PRIMARY FLT T-34C |
$52,063.00 |
1 |
| BASIC
SUPPLY COURSE |
$360.00 |
3 |
| COLLINS
VHF-20 RADIO |
$18.00 |
1 |
| COLLINS
VIR-30 VOR/ILS |
$18.00 |
1 |
| CONTR
GUN MNT5/54MK42/9-10 |
$119,984.00 |
12 |
| CONTRACT/SPECIAL
(ECL70) |
$0.00 |
1 |
| CORROSION
CONTROL TECHN |
$672.00 |
8 |
| DAMAGE
CONTROL TEAM TRNG |
$837.00 |
9 |
| DAMCONT
REPAIR PARTY LDR |
$3,393.00 |
9 |
| DME
- 40 |
$18.00 |
1 |
| ENGINEERING
COMMON CORE |
$5,616.00 |
12 |
| ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL COR |
$9,124.00 |
4 |
| ENGINEERING
MECH CORE |
$5,064.00 |
8 |
| ET
A COMM STRAND |
$17,056.00 |
8 |
| ET
A RADAR STRAND |
$7,940.00 |
4 |
| FACILITIES
CTR DRUG MEXICO |
$142,800.00 |
30 |
| FIRE
CONTROLMAN A STRAND |
$8,340.00 |
6 |
| FIREFIGHTING
GENL SHPBD |
$1,278.00 |
9 |
| FIREFIGHTING
TEAM TRAINING |
$1,314.00 |
9 |
| FOAM
GEN SYS OPS & MAINT |
$512.00 |
2 |
| GENERAL
ENGLISH ONLY |
$2,415.00 |
1 |
| GENERAL
MAINT TECH SUPRV |
$1,152.00 |
8 |
| HELICOPTER
CREW CHIEF |
$1,920.00 |
10 |
| IERW-MEXICO
HELO PILOT |
$1,244,340.00 |
12 |
| INFORMATION
SYSTEMS |
$144.00 |
3 |
| INTERPRETER |
$0.00 |
16 |
| INTL
CIC WATCH OFFICER |
$3,729.00 |
3 |
| INTL
LOG AUTO PGMS CRS |
$360.00 |
6 |
| INVENTORY
MGT & WHSE SPECL |
$576.00 |
3 |
| INVENTORY
MGT & WHSE SUPVR |
$1,728.00 |
9 |
| LOGISTICS
MANAGEMENT |
$192.00 |
2 |
| MACHINISTS
MATE MM4YO A |
$5,128.00 |
8 |
| MEXICO
AVIATION SAFETY MGT |
$6,507.00 |
9 |
| MTT
HAGAN TRNG SVY - CONTR |
$35,000.00 |
30 |
| NAV
INTEL FORNOFF PAC-INTL |
$3,970.00 |
5 |
| NICAD
BATTERY |
$48.00 |
2 |
| PILOT/WSO
PREP SCHOOL |
$28,809.00 |
1 |
| RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT CRS-SP |
$5,348.00 |
7 |
| RW
QUAL MEXICO (UH-1) |
$377,608.00 |
8 |
| SEARCH
AND RESCUE |
$324.00 |
9 |
| SEC
SPEC/GDS/LVLI/CERTIFY |
$9,436.00 |
60 |
| SENIOR
ENLISTED DC |
$1,904.00 |
2 |
| SHPBD
DAMCONT TRNG |
$1,197.00 |
9 |
| SPANISH-AVIATOR
(UH-60) (T |
$126,418.00 |
2 |
| SPEC
ENG TRNG (SET) |
$10,750.00 |
5 |
| SPECIALIZED
ENG LANG TNG |
$6,840.00 |
3 |
| SUPPLY
OFFICER |
$360.00 |
3 |
| SWO
ADV STEAM ENGINEERING |
$1,671.00 |
3 |
| SWO
STEAM EOOW |
$2,412.00 |
3 |
| T-37
UPT-SPECIAL/LATAM |
$2,068.00 |
2 |
| UH-1
HELO RPR SPV BNCOC-SP |
$39,390.00 |
6 |
| UH-1
MEXICO AVIATOR TRANS |
$176,337.00 |
9 |
| UH-1
MEXICO HELO REPAIR |
$26,070.00 |
10 |
| UH-1
MEXICO IP |
$172,446.00 |
6 |
| UH-1
MEXICO NVG IP |
$21,474.00 |
1 |
| UH-1
MEXICO NVG QUAL |
$150,318.00 |
7 |
| UH-1FS
INST (REF) MEXICO |
$5,556.00 |
6 |
| UH-1H
HELO MECH |
$480.00 |
10 |
| UH-1H/T-53/L-13
ENGINE |
$600.00 |
10 |
| UH-60
NV GOGG QUAL-SPANISH |
$110,108.00 |
2 |
| UHF
SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN |
$12,704.00 |
8 |
| Total |
$3,411,064 |
184 |
Sources:
1
Brian E. Sheridan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, Statement before the Senate
Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities,
April 27, 1999.
2
United States, Department of Defense, "Report on Department
of Defense Expenditures To Support Foreign Counterdrug Activities",
Washington, December 29, 2000.
3
United States, Department of Defense, Department
of State, Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of
Interest in Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000: A Report to Congress (Washington:
March 2000) <http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/fmtrain/toc.html>.
4
United States, Department of Defense, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Report required by the
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
(P.L. 106-398), (Washington: April 18, 2002).
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