Posted on 05/13/2009 1:27:25 AM PDT by Islander7
STENNIS SPACE CENTER — Twenty members of the Brazilian Federal Police have been training at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School in Hancock County for the past nine weeks.
The school trains international security forces in high-level riverine and littoral-craft operations and small-craft maintenance. Officials said the school usually runs 10 courses simultaneously for international security forces of up to 20 countries but focused all of its attention on the waterborne instructor course for the Brazilians.
“The reason NAVSCIATTS exists is to provide technical training to our partner nation security force students, not only to improve their individual technical skills, but also to enhance the readiness of select maritime security forces within key partner nations,” said Cmdr. Bill Mahoney, commanding officer. “This particular course was tailored to the Brazilians. It’s an advanced course, and I’ve been impressed by the high caliber of their training. They are extremely proficient and it’s been a pleasure to develop our cooperative relationship.”
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> I hope this does not come back to bite us as our efforts to train foreign fighters so often has. We trained Iranian pilots at Columbus AF Base in the 1970s. That didn’t work out so well.
I forget which Martial-Arts-Chop-Sockey film it was, but during the main fight scene there was a discussion in it that went something like this: (with subtitles)
STUDENT: (whap!) At last! The skill of the Student has outstripped The Master! You taught me everything I know!
MASTER: (WHAP! WHAP!) Yes, my son, it is true. I taught you everything you know, and you have learned well. But I didn’t teach you everything *I* know...
PWND!
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