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IMET: The Bahamas
The following description of the IMET program for The Bahamas comes from the U.S. State Department's April 2002 FY2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations:1

International Military and Education Training (IMET) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds are used to educate, train, and equip the Bahamian Police and Defense Forces to increase their effectiveness.

IMET courses taken by Bahamas personnel, 2001:2

Funding amounts and numbers of students may not match the numbers indicated in the table on the main IMET page. This owes to (1) discrepancies between two Department of Defense source documents, and/or (2) the possibility that some students took more than one course.

Course Title
Cost
No. of Students
INFANTRY OFFICER CRS USMC
$10,034
1
INSTRUCTOR TRNG-PAPER BASE
$1,866
1
NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE
$23,232
1
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCH00L
$10,569
1
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCH00L
$10,631
1
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCH00L
$11,127
1
OJT OFF FAM NORTHEAST
$4,605
1
OJT UNDERWAY/LANT
$1,075
1
OJT UNDERWAY/LANT
$1,075
1
PATROL CRAFT PROP SYS MT
$6,711
1
PATROL CRAFT PROP SYS MT
$6,652
1
PATROL CRAFT PROP SYS MT
$6,822
1
PATROL CRAFT PROP SYS MT
$6,652
1
PROSP COMMANDING/EXEC OFF
$2,445
1
PROSP COMMANDING/EXEC OFF
$2,445
1
QUARTERMASTER CLASS A
$3,304
1
Total
$109,245
16

IMET courses taken by Bahamas personnel, 2000:3

Funding amounts and numbers of students may not match the numbers indicated in the table on the main IMET page. This owes to (1) discrepancies between two Department of Defense source documents, and/or (2) the possibility that some students took more than one course.

Course Title Cost No. of Students
ADJ GEN OFFFICER BASIC $2,544 1
AID POSITIONING  $698 1
AIDS TO NAV OFFICER BASIC $698 1
BASIC OFFICER CRS USMC $8,161 1
BASIC STILL PHOTOGRAPHY $669 1
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ACAD $1,667 1
EXECUTIVE ADMIN ASSISTANT $874 1
INTERNATIONAL DEF MGT CRS $10,639 1
INTL MARITIME OFF $5,707 1
MEDICAL SPECIALIST $3,476 1
NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE  $23,276 2
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL $9,992 2
TATS ADMINISTRATIVE SPEC $889 1
Total $69,290 15

IMET courses taken by Bahamas personnel, 1999:4

Funding amounts and numbers of students may not match the numbers indicated in the table on the main IMET page. This owes to (1) discrepancies between two Department of Defense source documents, and/or (2) the possibility that some students took more than one course.

Course Title Cost No. of Students
BOARDING TEAM MEMBER $624 1
CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ACAD $1,634 1
CIVIL AFFAIRS $782 1
DRMI SEMINAR - OVERSEAS $4,197 30
MARINE SAFETY INSPECTION $1,262 1
MARINE SAFETY PORT OPS $1,085 1
MESS MGMT SPEC CLASS A $1,320 1
NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE $11,468 1
OFF FAM OJT $1,676 4
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCH00L $4,795 1
OFFICER INDOCTRINATION SCH $3,671 1
OJT OFF FAM-SOUTHEAST $1,836 4
OJT OFF MAR SAF-GULF COAST $609 1
PROSP COMMANDING/EXEC OFF $9,516 4
STAFF NCO ACAD ADV MLT IV $997 1
SW C-1 ADV $3,505 1
YN-A1-SCH $1,765 1
Total $50,742 55

IMET courses taken by Bahamas personnel, 1998:5

The total number of students may not match the number indicated in the table on the main IMET page. This owes to either (1) discrepancies between two Department of Defense source documents, or (2) the possibility that some students took more than one course.

Course Title Number of students per Course U.S. Units Involved
CG INTL MARITIME OFF 1 COGARD RESTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
CHAPLAINS BASIC 1 ETSS EINDHOVEN, Newport, RI
CPO ACADEMY - COGARD 2 COGARD TRACEN, Petaluma, CA
DAMAGE CONTROLMAN 'A' 1 COGARD RESTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
ENL MARINE SAFETY OJT 1 CCGDTHIRTEEN, Seattle, WA
ENLISTED TECHNICAL OJT 1 CCGDSEVEN, Miami, FL
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS & EQUIP 1 COGARD RESTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
INSTRUCTOR TRNG 1 FLEET COMBAT TRNG CNTR, Norkfolk, VA
INTERNATIONAL DEF MGT CRS 1 DEFREMANINST, Monterey, CA
MARINE SAFETY & PORT OPS 1 COGARD RESTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE 1 NAVWARCOL, Newport, RI
OFF SEARCH AND RESCUE OJT 1 CCGDSEVEN, Miami, FL
PATROL CRAFT PROP SYS OVHL 1 NAVSCIATTS RODMAN PM, FPO AA
PATROL CRAFT WEAPONS MAINT 2 NAVSCIATTS RODMAN PM, FPO AA
SEARCH/RESCUE MARITIME 1 COGARD RETSTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
SW C-1 ADV 1 NAVCONSTRACEN, Port Hueneme, CA
YN-A1-SCH 1 NAVTECHTRACEN, Meridian, MS
Total Courses 19  

IMET recipient units, 1998:

COAST GUARD DISTRICT SEVEN
COAST GUARD RESERVE TRAINING CENTER
COAST GUARD TRAINING CENTER
DEFENSE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
FLEET TRAINING CENTER
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER
NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
NAVSCIATTS
Navy CHAPLAIN SCHOOL
NAVY TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER

Expanded IMET courses

Source:

1 United States, Department of State, FY 2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington, DC: Department of State, April 15, 2002) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2003/>.

2 United States, Department of Defense, Department of State, Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest (Washington: March 2002) <http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rpt/fmtrpt/2002/>.

3 United States, Department of Defense, Department of State, Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest (Washington: March 2001) <http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rpt/2001/fmtrpt/>.

4 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>.

5 United States, Department of Defense, Department of State, Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest in Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999: A Report to Congress (Washington: March 1999).

IMET: The Bahamas

 

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