1999:
Just over $58,100,0001
(Ordered
September 30, 1999)
| Colombian
National Police (CNP): Up to $10,000,000 |
Colombian
Armed Forces: Just over $48,000,000 |
From
the Department of Defense unless otherwise noted. This list comes
from a "draft working document" and may not represent what
actually gets transferred.
- Aviation
fuel (Depts. of Defense and State)
- Weapons:
- M-16
rifles
- M-60
machine guns
- M-203
grenade launchers
- Ammunition:
- 5.56
for M-16 rifles
- 7.62
linked for M-60 machine guns
- .50
cal linked
- 40mm
for M-203
- Field
gear:
- LBE,
boots, rain gear, canteens, back packs, compasses, ammo pouches
- Flight
equipment:
- Helmets,
flight suits, gloves, survival gear, flak vests, 9mm pistol
holsters, flare pistols, flashlights, oxygen masks, etc.
- Mobile
Training Teams (MTTs):
- How
to Maintain Aircraft Life Support Systems
- Instruction
on Weapons Handling, Maintenance and Storage
- Air
Defense and Force Protection
- Evaluation
and Instruction on Tactical Communication
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From
the Department of Defense unless otherwise noted. This list comes
from a "draft working document" and may not represent what
actually gets transferred.
- Spare
parts for UH-1N helicopters
- Spare
parts for UH-60 (Blackhawk) helicopters
- Spare
parts for A-37 "Dragonfly" aircraft
- Fuel
(DFM and aviation fuel)
- Weapons:
- M-16
rifles
- M-60
machine guns
- 81mm
and 60mm mortars w/equip.
- M-203
grenade launchers
- Ammunition:
- 5.56
for M-16 rifles (To Army, Marines)
- 7.62
linked for M-60 machine guns (To Army, Marines, Air Force)
- .50
cal linked (To Marines, Air Force)
- 81mm
and 60mm Mortar Ammo (To Army, Marines)
- 40mm
for M-203 (To Army, Marines)
- Field
gear:
- LBE,
boots, rain gear, canteens, back packs, compasses, ammo pouches,
etc. (To Army, Marines, Air Force)
- Flight
equipment:
- Helmets,
flight suits, gloves, survival gear, flak vests, 9mm pistol
holsters, flare pistols, flashlights, oxygen masks, etc. (To
Army, Navy, Air Force)
- Mobile
Training Teams (MTTs) (To all services):
- Instruction
for UH-1N operations and employment
- Instruction
for UH-1N maintenance and logistics
- Instruction
for search and rescue operations
- Instruction
for security force training
- 3
teams for emergency medicine training
- 4
teams for instruction in operratio sand maintenance of NVG
(night-vision goggles) systems
- Extended
Training Service Specialists (ETSS)
(To Army):
- One
U.S. military Aviation O-6 manager for UH-1N program
- One
U.S. military O-4 Operations Director for UH-1N program
- Hot
handoff of 2 82-foot Coast Guard coastal patrol boats (From U.S.
Coast Guard)
- Spares,
training and marine fuel (From U.S. Coast Guard)
- Aviation
Fuel (From U.S. State Department)
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1998:
$41,100,0002
(Ordered
September 30, 1998)
| Colombian
National Police (CNP) |
Colombian
Armed Forces |
From
the Department of Defense and Department of State:
- 3
Bell 212 helicopters
- 2
C-26 transport/surveillance aircraft
- Spare
parts for UH-1H "Huey" helicopters
- Aircraft
GPS (Global Positioning System) equipment
- Field
aviation support equipment and base defensive supplies
- Communications
equipment
- Individual
field, flight, and protective gear
- Field
rations
- Aircraft
tugs
- Training
- Weapons
- Ammunition
- Explosives
|
From
the Department of Defense:
- Aircraft
spares
- Trucks
- Weapons
- Communications
equipment
- Field
base defensive supplies
- Ammunition
- Individual
field, flight, and protective gear
- Field
rations
- Training
|
1997:
$14,200,0003
(Ordered
September 30, 1997)
Colombian
National Police (CNP)
$6,400,000 |
Colombian
Armed Forces
$7,800,000 |
| Field
Gear ("LBE, boots, rain gear, canteens, packs, compasses, ammunition
pouches, etc.") |
$1,500,000 |
300
PRC-132 HF / VHF Secure Comms (For army and navy) |
$2,500,000 |
| 200
airstrip cratering charges |
$700,000 |
1,000
M-16A1 Rifles (For navy) |
$1,000,000 |
| 1.1
million rounds minigun ammunition |
$800,000 |
500
M-60 Machine Guns (375 for army, 125 for other services) |
$4,300,000 |
| Flight
equipment ("helmets, flight suits, night vision equipment, gloves,
survival and flack vests, 9mm pistol holsters, flare pistols with
flares, flashlights, oxygen masks, rain gear, etc.") |
$200,000 |
|
|
| 20
UH-1H "hulks" (to be scavenged for spare parts for UH-1H
helicopters) |
$3,000,000 |
|
|
| UH-1H
temporary duty hulk technician (est.) |
$200,000 |
|
|
1996:
$40,500,0004
(Ordered
September 30, 1996)
Colombian
National Police (CNP)
$10,200,000 |
Colombian
Armed Forces
$29,700,000 |
| 2
C-26 surveillance/transport aircraft |
$6,000,000 |
3
C-26 surveillance/transport aircraft |
$9,000,000 |
| 12
UH-1H utility helicopters |
$1,800,000 |
20
UH-1H helicopter hulks for salvage parts |
$3,000,000 |
| Rations
and commodities |
$1,700,000 |
Spare
parts for aircraft supporting counternarcotics operations |
$6,000,000 |
| Ammunition |
$400,000 |
1
Utility Landing Craft |
$1,500,000 |
| Communications
equipment |
$300,000 |
3
armed Boston Whaler boats, 6 river patrol boats |
$700,000 |
| |
|
Communications
equipment |
$4,700,000 |
| |
|
Land
navigation and troop field gear |
$1,400,000 |
| |
|
Training |
$2,500,000 |
| |
|
15
Utility vehicles |
$900,000 |
| Transportation
costs: $600,000 |
February
1998: GAO criticism of the September 1996 drawdown5
The September
30, 1996 drawdown, according to a February 1998 report by the General
Accounting Office (GAO), "was justified on the basis that important
programs would grind to a halt without the aid and that past investments
in counternarcotics programs would suffer due to the deterioration of
equipment, training skills, and goodwill on the part of those Colombians
who daily put their lives at risk."
The drawdown
package, however, "was hastily developed and did not include sufficient
information on specific Colombian requirements, the ability of the host
country to operate and maintain the equipment, or the funding necessary
from the United States or Colombia to support it." Officials from
the State Department, Defense Department, and the U.S. Embassy told GAO
they had spent little time consulting on the items to be included in the
package. Some items, like the five C-26 aircraft, were added at the last
minute, and several were inoperable.
The GAO report
describes the hasty process through which the drawdown was developed:
The U.S.
Embassy prepared an initial list of equipment for the Colombian police
on July 29, 1996. Because this list did not contain equipment for the
Colombian military, the U.S. Embassy had to prepare an expanded listing
to include all counternarcotics equipment for both the Colombian Police
and military. This list was sent to the Departments of State and Defense
on August 15, 1996. Defense Department and Embassy officials stated
that even though this expanded list was developed, they were given insufficient
time to assess the requirements for the Colombian police and military
and to identify the costs associated with operating and maintaining
the equipment. Furthermore, Defense Department officials stated that
they were given less than 2 weeks to conduct an analysis on the availability
of the equipment on the expanded list or the impacts that withdrawing
the equipment from defense inventories would have on the readiness of
U.S. forces. Finally, U.S. officials stated that some items, such as
the C-26 aircraft, were added by the National Security Council only
3 days before the list was provided to the President for his approval.
The State
Department's response to the GAO alleges that the Department was "in
constant contact with the Embassy in Bogota between mid-July and September
to review and address the most important police and military requirements.
Extensive interagency consultation took place during this period. The
final content of the 506 package for Colombia was heavily dependent on
the availability from existing stocks, as determined by the Defense Department.
We acknowledge that 506 is a blunt instrument, but it was the only one
available to us."
Officials
expressed concern about the U.S. government's heavy reliance on drawdowns
to provide counternarcotics assistance to Colombia. They told GAO that
"such assistance was a poor substitute for a well-thought out counternarcotics
assistance program and could be harmful if complementary funding was not
provided" to help maintain the articles being transferred.
As of June
1998, drawdown aid to the Colombian Army has yet to be delivered. No army
unit has been certified as in compliance with the Leahy Amendment (see
the Colombia description in the INC section and
the Leahy Amendment discussion in Appendix
A).
Sources:
1
United States, White House, "Draft Working Document: FY99 506(a)(2)
Drawdown List -- Requested Items," Memorandum, September 30, 1999.
2
United States, Department of State, "Memorandum of Justification
for use of Section 506(a)(2) special authority to draw down articles,
services, and military education and training," September 15, 1998.
3
United States, Department of State, "Summary Sheet," fax document,
September 16, 1997.
Federal
Register, October 10, 1997: 53221.
4
United States, Department of State, "Memorandum
of Justification for use of Section 506(a)(2) special authority to
draw down articles, services, and military education and training,"
September 1996.
Federal
Register, November 4, 1996: 56865.
5
United States, General Accounting Office, Drug Control: U.S. Counternarcotics
Efforts in Colombia Face Continuing Challenges, document number GAO/NSIAD-98-60,
Washington, February 1998 <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=waisback.access.gpo.gov&filename=ns98060.txt&directory=/diskb/wais/data/gao>
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=waisback.access.gpo.gov&filename=ns98060.pdf&directory=/diskb/wais/data/gao>.
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