Just the Facts

1999¹:

Type of deployment	Dates	Training Event	U.S. SOF Unit	U.S. Personnel	Host-nation personnel	Cost
JCET	01-May-99/ 15-Jun-99	Light infantry tactics, Small unit tactics, Leadership (STD99036W/SF-9369)	ODA 365, C Co 2/3	10	31 from Trinidad T&T	$69,000 or $83,000
JCET	13-Aug-99/ 02-Sep-99	Light infantry / Small unit tactics, Leadership, Mission planning (STD99058W/SF-9477	OSA 2086 3/20 SFG(A)	12	35 from Trinidad/Tobago Defense Force SOG	$33,000
JCET	16-Nov-98 / 11-Dec-98	Underwater operations, mission planning, beach reconnaissance (SW-9129)	SEAL Team 4 1XSEAL SQD	Unavailable	Trinidad and Tobago Naval Forces	Unavailable

1998²:

Type of Deployment	Dates	Training Event	U.S. SOF Unit	U.S. Personnel	Host-nation personnel	Cost
JCET	4-Oct-97 / 28-Oct-97	Foreign internal defense, marksmanship, communication, mission planning, human rights, water survival, medical, patrolling, boat handling, board and search, prisoner handling, field training exercise (SW7460)	SEAL Team 4 (7)	7	21 from Trinidad Coast Guard Special Naval Unit	$24,000
JCET	30-Jun-98 / 31-Jul-98	Light infantry tactics, squad and platoon reconnaissance, land navigation, combat lifesaver training, communication training, decision making (SF8332)	2 / 3 SFGA ODA 364	11	11 or 24 from Trinidad and Tobago Regiment	$114,000 -or- $133,000

1997³:

Type of Deployment	Dates	Training Event	U.S. SOF Unit	U.S. Personnel	Host-nation personnel	Cost
JCET	12-Aug-97 / 18-Sep-97	Joint Combined Exchange Training (SW7460)	SEAL Team 4	11	21 Navy	$56,000
JCET	26-Sep-97 / 28-Oct-97	Joint Combined Exchange Training (SW7460)	SEAL Team 4	7	0	$19,000

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, 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: 35.

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.

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