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IMET: Guatemala
Due to concerns about  the military's connection to human rights abuses against civilians, Guatemala was prohibited from receiving any IMET assitance in 1996, and has not received regular IMET since 1995. While the post-war military has made some improvements, the 1998 Foreign Operations appropriations law limits Guatemala to Expanded IMET only.

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

International Military Education and Training (IMET) will support the ongoing transition to civilian control of the armed forces and promote further military professionalism, both key peace accord objectives. Under the Expanded IMET program, these funds will provide courses to military officers and civilians that promote civilian control of the military, instill respect for human rights, improve the military justice system, and enhance management of defense resources.

IMET courses taken by Guatemalan 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
CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS
$5,058
1
INTL DEFENSE MGT CRS
$15,702
1
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR/BASIC
$12,663
1
MET DRMI - OVERSEAS
$66,798
24
RULE LAW&DISCP MIL OPS FOT
$1,848
1
RULE LAW&DISCP MIL OPS FOT
$1,848
1
RULE LAW&DISCP MIL OPS FOT
$1,848
1
RULE LAW&DISCP MIL OPS FOT
$1,848
1
Total
$107,613
31

IMET courses taken by Guatemalan 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
CO GRADE OFF PROF DEV $2,100 4
COMMAND AND GENERAL $43,500 4
DEMOCRATIC SUSTAINMENT CRS $5,040 4
GENERAL ENGLISH ONLY $3,985 1
HUMAN RIGHTS TRAIN/TRAINER $2,010 3
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR/BASIC $7,296 1
LAW OF WAR WORKSHOP $240 2
NCO PROFESSIONAL  $2,100 4
NDU INTERNATIONAL FELLOW $30,246 1
OJT COMM/ELECT TNG-CONUS $1,040 1
Total $97,557 25

IMET courses taken by Guatemalan 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
COMMAND AND GENERAL $21,046 2
DRMI SEMINAR - OVERSEAS $62,380 30
ENGLISH LANGUAGE CRSE $7,865 1
JAG OFFICER BASIC $897 1
MET CIV-MILITARY RELATIONS $34,127 30
NDU INTERNATIONAL FELLOW $30,246 1
Total $156,561 65

IMET courses taken by Guatemalan 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
CIV-MIL REL PRE-SURVEY 1 Composite US Maritime Department Training Team, Guatemala
CIV-MIL SID - SOUTHCOM 2 USAFSOS/CC, Hurlburt Field, FL
CIVILIAN-MILITARY RELATION 1 NAVPGSCOL, Monterey, CA
CO GRADE OFF PROF DEV 4 IAAFA/ISA, Lackland AFB, TX
DEMOCRATIC SUSTAINMENT CRS 4 USA School of Americas, Ft. Benning, GA
INTERNATIONAL DEF MGT CRS 1 DEFREMANINST, Monterey, CA
NCO PROFESSIONAL DEVLOPMNT 2 IAAFA/ISA, Lackland AFB, TX
OBS PROF/ENG LANG TNG 1 DLIELC/LEOO, Lackland AFB, TX
RULE LAW&DISCP MIL OPS FOT 4 IAAFA/ISA, Lackland AFB, TX
Total Courses 20  

IMET recipient units, 1998:

Air Force
Army
Navy

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: Guatemala

 

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