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By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob L. Dillon, Naval Special Warfare Group TWO Public Affairs
SAN JOSE, Guatemala (NNS) -- Members of a Naval Special Warfare Unit trained with the Fuerza Especial Naval (FEN), the Guatemalan Naval Special Forces, in San Jose, Guatemala in June 2010 as part of a five-week Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) exercise focusing on maritime interdiction.
During the JCET, FEN members trained in weapons handling, boat handling, boat inserts and extracts, tactical formations and vectoring for interception of watercrafts by Naval Special Warfare instructors.
The training is intended to build military capacity, rapport, and relationships through a partnership with the Guatemalan military, specifically the Guatemalan Navy.
"Our goal is to effectively train the FEN force," said a U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman (SWCC), whose name is withheld for security reasons. "We are here to lay a foundation to build a new skill set on. Ultimately, they will be able...