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ENGINEERING
EXERCISES IN THE REGION--Continued
CHART
1 - HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE ENGINEERING/MEDICAL EXERCISES IN THE REGION (Since
1984) - BY
YEAR - Continued
(Southern Command
Headquarters moved to Miami, Florida September 27, 1997; U.S. Army
South moved to Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico June 1999 and since
moved to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas)
(The
Caribbean Area became part of Southern Command's Area of
Operational Responsibility (AOR) for U.S. military activities in
July 1997; previously the former U.S. Atlantic Command was
responsible for U.S. military activities in that area)
| 1998 |
El
Salvador |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (January 8 – May 2) |
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Honduras |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (January 18 – June 7) |
| |
Ecuador |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (May 3 – Sept 12) |
| |
Peru |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons/Disease Intervention (Feb 17 –
Sept 25) |
| |
Bahamas |
New
Horizons exercise April 1 – June 30) |
| |
Dominican
Republic |
New
Horizons exercise (June 15 – Oct 1) |
| |
Haiti |
New
Horizons exercise (Oct 1, 1997 – Sept 30, 1998) |
| |
St.
Lucia |
New
Horizons exercise (July 1 – Sept 30) |
| |
St.
Kitts & Nevis |
New
Horizons exercise (May 9 – August 1) |
| 1999 |
Nicaragua |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (May - September) -- Some
1,700 U.S. military reservists with Nicaraguan military
and personnel from the ministries of health and education
constructed two schools and three medical clinics and
drilled several potable water wells (in the villages of
Casa Blanca, San Antonio de Platanares and Santa Teresa);
conducted medical tours to several villages providing
basic medical care. |
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Guatemala |
New
Horizons exercise at the same time as massive disaster relief
assistance in 1999 to much of Central America |
| |
Honduras |
New
Horizons exercise at the same time as massive disaster relief
assistance in 1999 to much of Central America |
| |
Bolivia |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (June 1 – August 15) |
| |
Bahamas |
New
Horizons exercise (April 1 – June 30) |
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Dominica |
New
Horizons exercise (March 1 – April 30) |
| |
Dominican
Republic |
New
Horizons exercise at the same time as disaster relief
assistance |
| |
Haiti |
New
Horizons exercise (Oct 1, 1998 - Sept 30, 1999) |
| |
St.
Kitts & Nevis |
New
Horizons exercise (April 15 – August 15) |
| 2000 |
Belize |
New
Horizons Exercise (Jan 15-June1)
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El
Salvador |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (Feb 1 - May 16) |
| |
Nicaragua |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (May15 – Sept 30) -- U.S.
military reservists principally from eight states working
with Nicaraguan military forces and personnel of the
ministries of health and education constructed two medical
clinics (in Santa Rosa and San Isidrio) and one school (in
El Hato); improved roads in the exercise areal drilled three
potable water wells; and medical training exercises
providing basic medical care to 31,000 residents of Jinotega,
Matagalpa y Bluefields. |
| |
Antigua
and Barbuda |
New
Horizons exercise (May 1 – July 30) |
| |
Grenada |
New
Horizons exercise (April 1 – June 30) |
| |
Haiti |
New
Horizons exercise |
| |
Jamaica |
New
Horizons exercise (April 1 – July 30) |
| |
Trinidad
and Taboga |
New
Horizons Exercise (April 15 – August 15) |
| 2001 |
Guatemala |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise -- More than 700
National Guard, Reserve, and active-duty military personnel
constructedfive
schools, five wells and to assist with road repairs in
Flores, Guatemala January-May. |
| |
Nicaragua |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise -- Some 3,000
National Guard, Reserve, and active-duty military personnel
constructed four three-room schools with latrines and three
two-room clinics in Gracias, Lempira, Honduras January-May |
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Paraguay |
Nuevos
Horizones/New Horizons exercise |
| |
Bahamas |
New
Horizons exercise (July-September) --Military Reserve
and active-duty military personnel constructed a community
center near Matthewtown, Great Inagua for town meetings,
polling/voting, and recreational events. |
| |
St.
Lucia |
New
Horizons exercise (U.S.
Marine, Army and Air Force personnel constructed
U.S.
Marine, Army and Air Force personnel are deploying to
Castries this week to build a barracks and renovate a
community centerdeploying to Castries this week to
build a barracks and renovate a community center
in Castries |
| |
St.
Lucia |
New
Horizons exercise (U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force
personnel constructed U.S. Marine, Army and Air Force
personnel are deploying to Castries this week to build a
barracks and renovate a community centerdeploying to
Castries this week to build a barracks and renovate a
community center in Castries |
| 2002 |
El
Salvador |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
| |
Nicaragua |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
| |
Peru |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
| |
Barbados |
New
Horizons exercise (April – July 8) |
| |
Dominican
Republic |
New
Horizons exercise |
| |
Jamaica |
New
Horizons exercise |
| 2003 |
Panama |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (Feb 24 - May 15) -- In
Chiriqui Province - Constructed two 3-room schools (in Las
Lajas and Quebrada Hacha), two 2-room schools (in Quebrada
Guabo and Cerro Iglesia), two 2-room clinics (in Quebrada
Hacha and Hato Juli) and conducted medical-dental
screening activities.
Total estimated cost for
construction of the schools is $280,000, and the medical
clinics is $180,000. Each MEDRETE cost about $40,000.
These costs did not include associated costs such as
standard operating costs and the cost of transporting
personnel and equipment. Including these costs, the total
cost of the NH03 exercise in Panama was approximately $14
million
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Belize |
New
Horizons Exercise |
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Guatemala |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
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Honduras |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
| |
Bolivia |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
| |
Ecuador |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
| |
Peru
X |
(Planned
Nuevos Horizontes/New Horizons exercise cancelled by
Peruvian Government) |
| 2004 |
Guyana |
New
Horizons exercise (June - September) -- three construction
projects (new nursery school in Timehri and new
rehabilitative center and medical clinic in Sophia) and
two Medical Readiness Training exercises (MEDRETE). |
| |
Guatemala |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise -- The majority of
the soldiers were from the U.S. Army Reserve, plus some
from active duty Army and Navy units, as well as Air Force
Reserve and U.S. Marines. |
| 2005 |
Panama |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise (Feb 15 – May 10) --
In Los
Santos Province constructing three 2-room schools (in
Macaracas, Los Higos, and Boca de Quema) and three community
centers (in Macaracas, Llano de Piedra, and La Mesa de
Macaracas) and conducting medical-dental screening
activities.
More than
3,500 Army National Guard personnel involved - most rotating
in several two-week of periods - max 450 troops at any one
time.
Total estimated cost of
exercise - $1,3314,000 including
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$90,000
for construction of each school |
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$72,000
for construction of each community center |
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Contracts
for transporting heavy engineer equipment, cost of
construction materials, costs of handling waste
materials from the exercise. |
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El
Salvador |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
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Nicaragua |
Nuevos
Horizontes/New Horizons exercise |
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Antigua
and Barbuda |
New
Horizons exercise |
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Dominica |
New
Horizons exercise |
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Haiti |
New
Horizons exercise |
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