last updated:4/9/05
Where Training Took Place

According to the Foreign Military Training Report released in July 2004, Latin American security-force personnel were trained in the following locations in 2003.

(Note that this list is probably not exhaustive, the report on which it is based may contain errors, and fails to specify a location for many training events.)

Location

Number of Students

In Colombia

7,466

No location specified

4,613

FT BRAGG NC (includes JFK Special Warfare School)

1,844

FT BENNING GA (includes Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation)

822

LACKLAND AFB TX (includes Inter-American Air Forces Academy)

790

YORKTOWN VA

641

“VARIOUS”

554

In Panama

348

Washington D.C. (includes Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies)

296

In Ecuador

280

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, MS (includes Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School)

197

In Bolivia

190

In Peru

170

RANDOLPH AFB, TX

152

FT RUCKER AL (includes Spanish Helicopter School Battalion)

149

In Paraguay

130

MONTEREY CA

101

FT EUSTIS VA

94

FT LEONARD WOOD MO

51

Santiago, Chile

50

FT LEAVENWORTH KS

35

Murcielago, Costa Rica

35

MAXWELL AFB AL

34

SAN ANTONIO TX

30

FT SAM HOUSTON TX

22

GREAT LAKES, IL

21

FT LEE VA

20

APG MD

18

W-P AFB, OH

18

FT GORDON GA

17

FT KNOX KY

16

FT SILL OK

14

FT MCNAIR WASH DC

13

NORFOLK, VA

13

SAN DIEGO, CA

13

NEWPORT, RI

11

PETALUMA, CA

11

KIRTLAND AFB, NM

10

NEW LONDON, CT

10

FT BLISS TX

9

KEESLER AFB, MS

8

FT HUACHUCA AZ

7

PORTSMOUTH, VA

7

CARLISLE BKS PA

6

FT JACKSON SC

6

JACKSONVILLE, FL

6

MIAMI, FL

6

BOSTON, MA

5

HOLLOMAN AFB, NM

5

Asia-Pacific Center

4

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC

4

LAKELAND, FL

4

MCALESTER OK

4

NEW ORLEANS, LA

4

ATHENS GA

3

BATTLE CREEK MI

3

FT DETRICK MD

3

MCCHORD AFB, WA

3

PANAMA CITY, FL

3

TYNDALL AFB, FL

3

W P AFB, OH

3

ALTUS AFB

2

BROOKS AFB TX 78235

2

CAMP PENDLETON, CA

2

COLUMBUS AFB MS

2

FT CAMPBELL KY

2

FT WORTH, TX

2

LITTLE ROCK AFB

2

MILTON, FL

2

REDSTONE ARS AL

2

USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO

2

USNA Annapolis MD

4

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

2

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC 28542

1

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

1

CORPUS CHRISTI TX 78419

1

EIELSON AFB AR 99702

1

FT GEORGE G. MEADE MD

1

FT HOOD TX

1

INGLESIDE, TX

1

P AFB, OH

1

PHILADELPHIA, PA

1

PORT HUENEME, CA

1

QUANTICO, VA 22134

1

SEATTLE, WA

1

SHEPPARD AFB TX

1

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA

1

“W”

1

 

Colombia Location

Trainees

Espinal - Larandia - Tolemaida and Sibate

1,500

Larandia

1,100

Tolemaida

900

Larandia - Tres Esquinas

550

Arauca

450

Saravena and Arauca

450

Bogota

361

Tolemaida / Sumapaz

306

Tolemaida - Larandia - Barrancon

305

Espinal

275

Arauca - Yati

200

Bogota - Barrancon

200

Cartagena

149

Tolemaida - Apiay - Melgar

126

Bogota and Yati

100

Cartagena - Covenas - Barrancon

100

Facatativa and Sibate

80

Larandia - Tres Esquinas - Cali

80

Cali

60

Melgar

49

Tumaco

45

Puerto Carreno

40

Puerto Inirida

40

Total

7,466

 

Ecuador Location

Trainees

Quito

140

Guayaquil

90

Salinas

50

Total

280

 

Panama Location

Trainees

Panama City Colon

120

Former Howard AFB - and Fort Sherman

100

Colon City

40

FT Sherman

40

Panama

36

Navy Base Corozal

12

Total

348

 

Bolivia Location

Trainees

La Paz

130

Chimore

60

Total

190

 

Peru Location

Trainees

Lima - Pucallpa - Contamana

100

Santa Lucia

40

Loreto

30

Total

170

 

Paraguay Location

Trainees

Asunción, Paraguay

100

Asuncion - Ciudad Del Este -

30

Total

130

 

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