Just the Facts

1999¹:

Type of deployment	Dates	Training Event	U.S. SOF Unit	U.S. Personnel	Host-nation personnel	Cost
JCET	15-Oct-98 / 01-Dec-98	Advanced Special Forces skills, Air operations (SF-9121)	ODA 775 A/3/7 SFG(A)	10	24 from Commando 51, Marine Infantry	$102,000
JCET	15-Nov-98 / 14-Dec-98	SW-9127	Navy Special Warfare Unit 8 1XSEAL SQD (6)	Unavailable	Navy / Marine Special Forces	Unavailable
JCET	09-Aug-99 / 27-Aug-99	PDSS only (S-CI-2000-106)	B/2/7 SFG(A)	2	0	$25,000

1998:²

Type of Deployment	Dates	Training Event	U.S. SOF Unit	U.S. Personnel	Host-nation personnel	Cost
Listed among JCETs in source document	1-Oct-97 / 22-Dec-97	"This was not a JCET" Mountain climbing / cold weather school [Note: this is exactly how the description appears in the Defense Department source document.] (SF7446)	7th Special Forces Group	Unknown	None; hosted by Chilean Mountain School	$32,000
JCET	15-Oct-97 / 1-Nov-97 or 1-Dec-97	JCET cancelled, advance party TDY only (SF9121)	7th Special Forces Group	0	Cancelled - no host-nation unit identified	$8,000
JCET	28-Apr-98 / 16-Jun-98	JCET cancelled, advance party TDY only (SF8906)	7th Special Forces Group	0	Cancelled - no host-nation unit identified	$10,000
JCET	5-May-98 / 26-Jun-98	Close quarters battle, room / building clearing, pistol / rifle marksmanship, team assault skills, command and control techniques, medical skills training, breaching techniques, language training (SF8906)	C / 3 / 7	9	30 Carabineros	$127,000
JCET	22-Jul-98 / 11-Sep-98	Light infantry tactics, squad and platoon reconnaissance, land navigation, combat lifesaver training, communication training, decision making (SF8449)	7th Special Forces Group (32)	1	40 from Chilean Special Forces School	$79,000

1997³:

Type of Deployment	Dates	Training Event	U.S. SOF Unit	U.S. Personnel	Host-nation personnel	Cost
JCET	17-Jun-97 / 27-Sep-97	Mountain Operations / Light Infantry Training (SF7446)	7th Special Forces Group	5	10 Army	$39,000

Sources:

¹ United States, Defense Department, "Report on Training of Special Operations Forces for the Period Ending September 30, 1999," Washington, April 1, 2000.

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>.

United States, Defense Department, State Department, "Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest In Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999: A Report To Congress," Washington, March 1999: 13-4.

² United States, Defense Department, "Report on Training of Special Operations Forces for the Period Ending September 30, 1998," Washington, April 1, 1999.

³ United States, Defense Department, "Report on Training of Special Operations Forces for the Period Ending September 30, 1997," Washington, April 1, 1998.