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RECENT EVENTS
WHINSEC Earns 2012 Wm J. Perry AwardIn a ceremony at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (U.S. National Defense University) in Washington, D.C., on Sep 20, WHINSEC received the 2012 Dr. William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education. Dr. Perry was the Secretary of Defense who established CHDS in 1997. Created in 2007, the award is given each year to one individual and one institution that have made significant contributions in promoting education, research, outreach and knowledge. In the picture, Colonel Glenn Huber, WHINSEC's Commandant (L); Dr. Richard D. Downie, CHDS director (C), and Colombian Colonel Alberto Sepúlveda, WHINSEC's Assistant Commandant. (Photo: CHDS)
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Intermediate Level Education Course - Class of 2012.The 48 students who graduated WHINSEC's ILE Course on Wed, May 16, represented several 'firsts.' Three partner-nation and two U.S. students earned the Master of Military Art and Science degree. Unique to WHINSEC, candidates were able to complete their studies in Spanish or English. Another first-a DA civilian graduated this year; future courses will include interagency participation, starting with the U.S. Marshal's Service in July. Students from Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Panama, and the U.S. received diplomas.
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3rd Annual Current Operations SymposiumSenior officers from Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico, along with the Vice Minister of Public Security in Costa Rica close out the 3rd Annual Current Operations Symposium with a lively panel discussion of issues relating to disaster management, illicit trafficking, and border security, Fri, Mar 29.
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Fast-Rope Rappelling from a UH-60 BlackhawkFast-rope rappelling from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is one of the many subjects these students in the Counterdrug Operations Course learn and practice. Each counterdrug course also goes to the Navy Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, for a week of riverine operations with NAVSCIATTS students.
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11th AnniversaryWHINSEC celebrated its 11th Anniversary in January, 2012, with a video review of its history. During those years, almost 14,000 students representing 34 partner nations took courses at the Institute from its diverse mix of U.S. military and civilian instructors; partner nation instructors, and visiting experts from government and non-governmental agencies.
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Our new campusWork has begun to renovate the historic Fort Benning Station Hospital, opened in 1925, to become the permanent campus of WHINSEC. Beginning late 2012, the Institute will move in, with full operation on the site in 2014.
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