A
July 1999 report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) of the U.S.
Congress provided the following information about the JCET program
in Colombia:
A
principal U.S. goal in Colombia is to reduce the flow of narcotics
into the United States. This goal has been addressed through counternarcotics
assistance on a large scale. The embassy believes that the few JCETs
that have occurred were consistent with foreign policy objectives
in country, but because only one or two took place each year, they
did not have a major impact on the achievement of U.S. goals. Nevertheless,
these JCETs, as well as meeting SOF training requirements, addressed
the U.S. counterterrorism objective of protecting U.S. personnel
and assets by training with Colombian counterterrorism forces in
breaching, integrated assaults, and helicopter operations, for example.1
"Of
the six countries we visited," the GAO adds, "only Colombia
screens every individual scheduled to participate in a JCET."2
19993:
| Type
of deployment |
Dates
|
Training
Event |
U.S.
SOF Unit |
U.S.
Personnel |
Host-nation
personnel |
Cost
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CD9021)
|
|
|
0
|
$78,800
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN 9053)
|
|
|
40
|
$78,400
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN 9064)
|
|
|
650
|
Not
available
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN 9130)
|
|
|
40
|
$14,807
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN 9131)
|
|
|
35
|
$383,063
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9026)
|
|
|
98
|
$272,000
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9028)
|
|
|
40
|
$124,500
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9029)
|
|
|
88
|
$123,300
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9033)
|
|
|
50
|
$129,100
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9064)
|
|
|
317
|
$4,157,200
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9116)
|
|
|
0
|
$46,830
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9117)
|
|
|
38
|
$32,790
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9118)
|
|
|
25
|
$11,184
|
|
Counter-drug
|
|
CDTS
(CN9123)
|
|
|
20
|
$244,454
|
| Counter-Drug |
16-Oct-98
/ 15-Dec-98 |
Counternarcotics
Infantry Training: In support of National Security Strategy to
reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Florencia, Colombia |
7th
SFGA |
|
77
from 12th Infantry Brigade |
$128,600
or $142,000 |
| Counter-Drug |
28-Oct-98
/ 15-Dec-98 |
Counternarcotics
Infantry / Riverine Training: In support of National Security
Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Tumaco, Colombia |
7th
SFGA |
|
30
from 14th Marine, Fluvial |
$135,800
or $142,000 |
| Counter-Drug |
01-Dec-98
/ 14-Dec-98 |
Counternarcotics
Infantry Rotary Wing Support: In support of National Security
Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Tumaco and Florencia,
Colombia |
D/160th
SOAR |
|
107
from 14th Marine, Fluvial and 12th Infantry Brigade |
$140,000 |
19984:
| Type
of Deployment |
Dates
|
Training
Event |
U.S.
SOF Unit |
U.S.
Personnel |
Host-nation
personnel |
Cost
|
| Counter-drug |
16-Jan-98
/ 28-Feb-98 |
Counternarcotics
Joint Combined Infantry Training: In support of National Security
Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Tolemaida and Barrancon,
Colombia |
7th
SFGA |
Unknown |
56
from Lancero Special Forces Battalion |
$266,200 |
| Counter-drug |
21-Jan-98
/ 28-Feb-98 |
Coastal
Counter-drug Operations: In support of National Security Strategy
to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Cartagena, Colombia |
SBR-2 |
Unknown |
35
from Colombian Navy |
$95,691 |
| Counter-drug |
23-Feb-98
/ 27-Feb-98 |
Riverine
Operations Seminar Training: To teach doctrine on Joint / Combined
Riverine Operations in support of U.S. National policy of war
on drugs; Bogota, Colombia |
SOTG
II MEF, CSW MCCDC, USCG Intl. Tng. Div. |
Unknown |
52
from Colombian Marine Corps, Navy, Army, Air Force and Police
(counternarcotics) units |
$20,000 |
| JCET |
4-Mar-98
/ 20-Apr-98 |
Marksmanship,
close-quarter battle, medical, breaching, command and control,
helicopter operations, sniper training, integrated assaults, human
rights (SF8904) |
C
/ 3 / 7 |
10
|
60
from Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Urbanos |
$125,000
or $130,000 |
| Counter-drug |
25-May-98
/ 19-Jun-98 |
Coastal
Counter-drug Operations: In support of National Security Strategy
to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia |
SEAL
Team 4 |
Unknown |
35
from Colombian Navy |
$17,970 |
| De-mining |
01-Apr-98
/ 30-Apr-98 |
Humanitarian
Demining: Teach demining techniques to military from El Salvador,
Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil; Danlí, Honduras |
7th
Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg, NC |
Unknown |
4
from Brazil military, 4 from Colombia military, 4 from El Salvador
military, 4 from Venezuela military |
$80,000 |
| Counter-drug |
30-Jun-98
/ 3-Aug-98 |
Light
Infantry in Counter-drug Operations: In support of National Security
Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Leticia, Tumaco, Colombia |
7th
SFGA |
Unknown |
70
from Colombian Marines |
$256,200 |
| Counter-drug |
05-Jul-98
/ 02-Aug-98 |
Counternarcotics
Naval Special Warfare Training: In support of National Security
Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Puerto Inirida, Colombia |
SEAL
Team 4 |
Unknown |
28
from Colombian Marines (Infanteria de Marina) |
$76,725 |
| Counter-drug |
13-Jul-98
/ 11-Sep-98 |
Counternarcotics
Joint Combined Infantry Training: In support of National Security
Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Covenas, Colombia |
7th
Special Forces Group |
Unknown |
31
from Colombian Marines |
$122,500 |
| Counter-drug |
7-Sep-98
/ 26-Sep-98 |
Counternarcotics
Fixed Wing Operations Training: In support of National Security
Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Melgar, Colombia |
6th
SOS |
Unknown |
48
from Air Force |
$16,000 |
| Counter-drug |
7-Sep-98
/ 7-Oct-98 |
Riverine
Training Team (RTT): To teach Joint / Combined Riverine Operations
in support of U.S. National policy of war on drugs; Puerto Leguizamo,
Colombia |
2d.
MARDIV, SOTG II MEF, MARFORRES, 8th COMM Bn., USCG Intl. Tng.
Div. |
Unknown |
35
from Colombian Marine Corps Riverine Combat School (Cadre) |
$200,000 |
19975:
| Type
of Deployment |
Dates
|
Training
Event |
U.S.
SOF Unit |
U.S.
Personnel |
Host-nation
personnel |
Cost
|
| Probably
JCET |
3-Nov-96
/ 17-Nov-96 |
Staff
Assistance Visit (SAV 1) |
3
/ 7 Special Forces Group |
12
|
40
Army |
$58,000
|
| Probably
JCET |
6-Jun-97
/ 20-Jul-97 |
Joint
Combined Exchange Training (SF7912) |
3
/ 7 Special Forces Group |
9
|
63
Air Force |
$101,000
|
| Probably
JCET |
22-May-97
/ 22-Jul-97 |
Staff
Assistance Visit (SAV 2) |
3
/ 7 Special Forces Group |
12
|
40
Army |
$44,000
|
Sources:
1
United States Congress, General Accounting Office, Military Training:
Management and Oversight of Joint Combined Exchange Training,
Report to Congressional Requesters NSIAD-99-173 (Washington: General
Accounting Office, July 1999): 47-8 <http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ns99173.pdf>.
2
General Accounting Office, 54.
3
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: 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>.
4
United States, Defense Department, "Report on Training of Special
Operations Forces for the Period Ending September 30, 1998,"
Washington, April 1, 1999.
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:
2-3, 14.
5
United States, Defense Department, "Report on Training of Special
Operations Forces for the Period Ending September 30, 1997,"
Washington, April 1, 1998.
Special Operations Forces (SOF): Colombia
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