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Special Operations Forces (SOF): Jamaica

1999:1

Type of Deployment Dates Training Event U.S. SOF Unit U.S. Personnel Host-nation personnel Cost
JCET 15-Feb-99/ 15-Mar-99 Light infantry tactics, Small unit tactics, Leadership (SF-9476) ODA 356, B Co 2/3 SFG(A) 9 30 from Jamaica Defense Force $55,000
Counter-drug   CDTS     70 $175,300

1998:2

Type of Deployment Dates Training Event U.S. SOF Unit U.S. Personnel Host-nation personnel Cost
JCET 30-Jun-98 / 2-Aug-98 Mobile Training Team (MTT), Light infantry tactics,
-or-
Marksmanship, firearms safety, communication training, maintenance of equipment, small unit tactics (SF8334 or 8336)		 2 / 3 SFGA (12) ODA 345 8 47 from Jamaican Defense Force $157,000
-or-
$94,200
Counter-drug 15-Aug-98 / 15-Sep-98 Counternarcotics combined joint infantry training, in support of National Security Strategy to reduce flow of drugs to U.S.; Kingsont, Jamaica 3rd SFGA Unavailable 31 from National Counter-Drug Police $140,200

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>.

2 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: 4.

Special Operations Forces (SOF): Jamaica

 

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