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The
following programs are specifically designed to offer counter-terror
aid:
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Anti-Terrorism
Assistance (ATA)
Weapons, equipment and training for prevention and management
of terrorism
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Counter-Terrorism
Fellowship Program (CTFP)
A Defense Department program, established in 2003, that offers counter-terror
training. (Page forthcoming; link to CTFP
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The
following programs may occasionally offer counter-terror aid or include
counter-terrorism in their mission:
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Center
for Hemispheric Defense Studies (National Defense
University, Fort McNair, DC)
Defense Department initiative to improve civilians' defense planning
and management skills
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Deployments
for Training (DFTs)
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Excess
Defense Articles (EDA)
Transfers of used weapons and equipment from U.S. stocks
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Exercises
(Tentative exercise calendar)
Regularly programmed joint training events throughout the region
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Foreign
Military Financing (FMF)
Grants and loans for defense articles, training and services
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Foreign
Military Interaction (FMI)
Also known as "Military-to-Military Contact"
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Inter-American
Air Forces Academy (Lackland AFB, TX)
The U.S. Air Force''s Spanish-language training school for Latin
American militaries
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International
Military Education and Training (IMET)
Funding for courses given both in the U.S. and in-country by U.S.
personnel.
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Joint
Combined Exchange Training (JCET) and other Special Operations
Forces (SOF) Training
Special Forces' deployments for joint training. This
section also includes SOF counter-drug training
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Naval
Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School
(Camp LeJeune, NC, and Stennis Space Center, MS)
The U.S. Navy's Spanish-language training school for Latin American
militaries
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Spanish
Helicopter School Battalion (U.S. Army Aviation Center,
Fort Rucker, AL)
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Western
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
(Ex-School of the Americas) (Fort Benning, GA)
The U.S. Army's Spanish-language training school for Latin American
militaries
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The
following programs may offer counter-terrorism assistance in Colombia
only:
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