Training
This section of "Just the Facts" details U.S. training of military, police and a small number of civilian personnel from Latin America and the Caribbean. The database covers 1999 to the present. (Training totals are complete, but we are still adding detailed data about training events.)
Trainee Data
Browse data about trainees from Latin America and the Caribbean.
- U.S. military and police trainees by country: View numbers of U.S. training recipients from each country in the region. Clicking on a country's name will reveal more detail; clicking further will reveal data about courses, training locations, and recipient units.
- U.S. military and police trainees by program: View numbers of U.S. training recipients in the region via 19 different assistance programs. Clicking on a program's name will reveal more detail; clicking further will reveal data about courses, training locations, and recipient units.
Training Search
Use a form to search for specific training events, specifying countries, years, funding programs, courses, recipient units, or training locations.
Quick Data Access
U.S. military and police trainees by country
Country or region (trainees since 1999)
- Colombia (56,364)
- Bolivia (9,556)
- Mexico (5,523)
- Ecuador (4,946)
- El Salvador (4,237)
- Peru (4,107)
- Honduras (3,909)
- Argentina (3,350)
- Chile (3,218)
- Venezuela (2,657)
- Dominican Republic (2,330)
- Paraguay (2,259)
- Panama (1,962)
- Uruguay (1,772)
- Jamaica (1,726)
- Costa Rica (1,485)
- Brazil (1,454)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1,314)
- Guatemala (1,149)
- Belize (1,112)
- Nicaragua (1,075)
- Guyana (739)
- Bahamas (681)
- Suriname (627)
- Haiti (626)
- Antigua and Barbuda (518)
- Dominica (192)
- Grenada (180)
- Barbados (175)
- St. Lucia (168)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines (167)
- St. Kitts and Nevis (166)
- Netherlands Antilles (90)
- Cayman Islands (2)
- Bermuda (1)
U.S. military and police trainees by program
Aid Program (trainees since 1999)
- Section 1004 Counter-Drug Assistance (58,067)
- International Military Education and Training (24,999)
- International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (6,897)
- Misc Dept of State / Dept of Defense Non-Security Assistance (6,342)
- Non-Security Assistance - Unified Command (6,060)
- Foreign Military Financing (4,897)
- Foreign Military Sales (4,320)
- Counter-Terrorism Fellowship Program (3,262)
- Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (2,836)
- Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Coast Guard Activities (875)
- Emergency Drawdowns (421)
- Professional Military Exchanges (268)
- Exchange Training (199)
- Service Academies (177)
- Aviation Leadership Program (90)
- Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (85)
- MAP (Now Unused) (30)
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies (8)
- Asia-Pacific Center (4)
