21 August 2001
Text: U.S. Troops in Argentina for Peacekeeping Exercise
(Exercise to involve over 700 troops from the Americas) (290)
About 400 U.S. troops and more than 700 military personnel from
countries in Latin America will participate in the "Cabanas 2001"
peacekeeping exercise in Salta, Argentina, from August 22 through
September 11, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced.
Following is the text of the DoD announcement:
(begin text)
U.S. FORCES IN ARGENTINA FOR PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE
The Department of Defense announced today that U.S. special operations
forces assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, NC and
Special Operations Command-South, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, will
participate in "Cabanas 2001," a joint multinational peacekeeping
exercise in Salta, Argentina, from Aug. 22 through Sept. 11, 2001.
Cabanas 2001, sponsored by the headquarters, United States Southern
Command, Miami, Fla., and hosted by Argentina will involve about 400
U.S. airmen, sailors and soldiers. More than 700 military personnel
from the host nation, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru
and Uruguay will participate, while Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela
will send observers. This exercise is the largest joint and combined
service exercise held in the region and it focuses on a variety of
U.N. peacekeeping tasks including: tactical troop movements, food
distribution, identification and marking of mines, civil-military,
security and police operations.
For more information on this exercise, contact George Grimes, U.S.
Special Operations Command, Public Affairs Office, at (813) 828-4600
or Major Eduardo Villavicencio, U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs
Office at (305) 437-1213. A Combined, Joint Information Bureau for
this exercise is operational and can be reached at
011-54-387-421-8229.
(end text)
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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