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

FY 2001 legislative restrictions on assistance to the central government of Haiti curtailed planned support to the Haitian National Police (HNP) and its Coast Guard, through International Military Education and Training (IMET) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF).

IMET courses taken by Haitian personnel, 2000:2

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
CRISIS CMD/CTRL-SR MGRS $1,408 1
INTL MARITIME OFF  $11,414 2
MTT COMERC CTRL, INFRAS DEV $108,000 100
MTT SM BOAT ELEC MAINT/REP $3,000 10
OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL $4,996 1
Total $128,818 114

IMET courses taken by Haitian personnel, 1999:3

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
AMERICAN LANGUAGE CRS $4,766 2
DAMAGE CONTROL 'A' $2,628 1
INTL MARITIME OFF $10,941 2
MTT COMERC CTRL,INFRAS DEV $115,000 120
Total $133,335 125

IMET courses taken by Haitian personnel, 1998:4

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 2 COGARD RESTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 'A' 1 COGARD RESTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 13 DLIELC/LEOO, Lackland AFB, TX
ENLISTED TECHNICAL OJT 2 374th TAW/DOTS, Portsmouth, VA; CCGDSEVEN, Miami, FL
MACHINERY TECHNICIAN MK-A 3 COGARD RESTRACEN, Yorktown, VA
MANAGING ENG LANG TNG(MELT 1 DLIELC/LEOO, Lackland AFB, TX
MTT COMCTL INDEV EIMET 46 Composite US Maritime Department Training Team, Haiti
OJT COMM/ELECT TNG-CONUS 1 Foreign Training Office, Ft. Gordon, GA
TAT-LANGUAGE LAB INSTALL 2 Composite US Maritime Department Training Team, Haiti
Total Courses 71  

IMET recipient units, 1998:

Coast Guard
Coast Guard, 46 men, Killick Base, PAP,Haiti.
Police
Police-2 men, PAP, Haiti

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/>.

2United 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/>.

3United 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>.

4United 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).

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