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Battalion/Page 12
March 1, 1982
lU.S. spends $15 million
Green Berets train troops
United Press International
j FORT BRAGG, N.G. — With
Title fanfare, an entire battalion
of Salvadoran troops is being
•trained by the famed U.S. Green
; Berets and at least partially
-^equipped in the United States.
The 1,000 troops here plus
nearly 500 in officer training at
IFort Benning, Ga., make up
^nearly a tenth of El Salvador’s
.army.
„ The Salvadorans, who ar
rived in the U.S. wearing civilian
Tclothes, are training in U.S.
Jmilitary fatigues and using M16
.. rifles. Pentagon spokesmen said
I the weapons and uniforms will
return to El Salvador with the
troops.
Many of the Salvadorans
appear to be teenagers. The
training they are receiving,
according to military officials, is
similar to basic training in the
American armed services.
Col. Paul D. Fisher, deputy
commander of the John F. Ken
nedy Center for Military Assist-
-ahce here, says Army Special
Forces personnel, popularly
known as Green Berets, are in
volved in the training because
that essentially is their mission.
“A Special Forces soldier is a
teacher,” Fisher said. “He is not
some 18-foot-tall gun-toting sol
dier. He is a teacher.”
It is estimated the U.S. will
spend about $15 million on the
training, which is expected to
last about 10 weeks.
Nearly a year is allotted to
give the same training to U.S.
soldiers but, said Lt. Col. Harold
G. Isaacson, public information
officer for the JFK Center, “The
time frame is not' taking any
thing away from the training.”
He said U.S. troops would
spend a lot of the time on leave
or in transit while the Salvador
ans are training six days a week
and for longer hours. As to the
quality of the trainees, he said,
“We were told ahead of time
they were very eager to learn
and there has been nothing to
dispute it.”
Despite the cost, the Reagan
administration apparently has
decided it is politically cheaper
All are welcome to attend
a free lecture entitled:
'Family: Proving Ground for
God's Love"
given by
to bring the Salvadorans to the
Green Berets than to send the
Green Berets to the Salva
dorans.
The U.S. has been sending in
structors into El Salvador, mak
ing sure they are kept away from
the fighting. Sending the num
ber of Green Berets needed to
train the Salvadoran force
would only play into the hands
of critics who claim the country
is once again on the road to a war
it cannot win.
In the pine thickets and red
clay of this 130,000-acre North
Carolina base, the Salvadoran
soldiers are learning military
tecnmques that they can use
against leftist guerrillas in the
jungles and mountains of their
own country. It includes use of
Communications equipment as
well as day and night tactics with
emphasis on squad teamwork.
Additionally, Isaacson said:
“They are receiving instruction,
as do American units, in the
code of conduct and in the
Geneva convention and the laws
of land warfare.
“That whole spectrum deals
not only with how you behave as
a prisoner should you be cap
tured but how you should treat
prisoners and how you should
treat the civilian population in
your area of operations.”
Largely, the Salvadorans stay
to themselves. Fort Bragg offi
cials have declined news media
requests to interview the Salva
dorans or watch the training.
Col. Isaacson said the decision to
exclude the media was made by
the Salvadorans and not U.S.
officials.
Isaason said the Salvadorans
fear there will be reprisals
against their families in El Salva
dor if their names or photos
appear in U.S. newspapers.
“There is a real sense of vul
nerability among these people,”
he said.
The Salvadoran commanders
have kept the troops confined to
Fort Bragg.
Fort Bragg is the home of the
82nd Airborne Division, which
is part of the nation’s first strike
force, and of a super secret anti
terrorist unit whose complex is
hidden behind a barbwire-
topped fence.
That unit drew international
attention in 1980 when it was
learned it was involved in the
unsuccessful attempt to rescue
the hostages in Iran.
But it is two gleaming white
buildings that are drawing the
attention now, for they are the
home of the Green Berets. The
buildings house the JFK Center,
essentially the operational arm
of the Green Beret, and the In
stitute for Military Assistance,
primarily responsible for the
training of the Special Forces
enlisted men and officers.
Although the JFK Center has
trained foreign officers on a li
mited basis, this marks the first
time that a foreign unit the size
of the Salvadoran contingent
has come to the U.S. for
training.
The combat role of the Green
Berets is to create havoc behind
enemy lines.
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