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Definition:Skills exchange exercises are joint engineering exercises in which U.S. and foreign troops carry out humanitarican civic assistance activities. These activities include the construction of schools, wells, clinics, bridges and roads, and the provision of medical, dental, and veterinary services. Projects:Fiscal year 1997: Two "Skills Exchange Package" Locations1
Source: 1 United States Southern Command, Operations Directorate (J3) Exercise Overview, (U.S. Southern Command: May 21, 1997). |
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A
project of the Latin America
Working Group Education Fund in cooperation with the Center
for International Policy and the Washington
Office on Latin America
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Project
Staff
Adam Isacson (Senior Associate
CIP isacson@ciponline.org)
Lisa Haugaard (LAWGEF Executive Director lisah@lawg.org) |
www.ciponline.org/facts |