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Captain Gary L. Arnold, US Air Force
%3=sively strive to reach these ambitious eta were slashed drastically in recent yeara,
goals but, naturally, not all efforts are met yet the objectives remain constant.
with total success. Part of the reason lies in The last challenge comes irr the form of
the innate difficulties of any training pro- the growing Soviet challenge to the United
gram. Another more serious difficulty mmea States. Currently,the Soviet Union and ita
from hostile efforts to subvert training pro- hemispheric proxy, Cuba, constitute a com-
grams and hence block the successftd fultill- plex military threat tQ the region. Thie
ment of IMET training objectives. threat includes support fdr guerrilla groups
Latin America $187.4 (1O percent of total) 81,246 (16 percent of total)
Figure 1
Sours C.rtCsS Moms, TheU.,(6W S@tes C.nbbe.n Basin M,,,taw Comx?caon A Perwect!ve on Reg,ona Md,tay-to.hf,l,law Rela.
Etwpr,se Irmttie (or P.b!,c Pol,cy
Oonshrps, Armncan Research. Washington D C 1983 w 19-20
Figure 2
striations (and an associated traimng de- tal students studying In the Umted States,
cline] baaed on perceived human rights vie. and while student education abroad does
latlons by selected countries. During this not necessarily equate to military training
era, US training facilities witnessed a con- abroad, the Irnphcations are clear. The Sovi-
siderable decline in the number of Central ets and Cubans are rushing to fill the gap by
American students. Naturally, this re- providing government scholarships in an ef-
sulted in a considerable decrexae in expo- fort to shape the po{ltical attitudes of Cen-
sure to US doctrine, values and technical ed. tral American students.
ucation. From 1971 to 1975, more than This effort is particularly interesting m
10,000 Cunbbean Bas]n military persorinel light of the relatively powetiul role student
received UStrainingbut, from 1976to 1980, organizations have played m shaping Cen-
that figure declined ta Just over 6,000. Dur- tral American history in this century. There
ing that period, all five Central American are ominous Implications for the remainder
nations had declmmg enrollments in US of tbe century concerning an increasing
mditary training facilities. Figure 2 shows Marxist orientation of politically powerful
two excnrples. Central American students.
MeanwhiIe, the Soviets and Cubans m- Despite these severe challengee-the dif-
increased training opportunities for Latin ficulties of training students with diverse
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