7th SFG - November 1997 Joint Combined Exchange Training - Bolivia
Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct medical training for Bolivian Army soldiers during a November 1997 Joint Combined Exchange Training deployment. Special Forces Soldiers are specifically trained and educated to work with foreign militaries; on this mission, the 7th SFG(A) team was training and validating a Bolivian ranger battalion to conduct NATO peacekeeping operations. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Maj. Patrick Fensom)
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct a team-training exercise during a November 1997 Joint Combined Exchange Training deployment to Bolivia. Cpl. Rodrigo Mendoza (right), a Bolivian Army soldier, also participated in the training exercise. Mendoza went on to become a U.S. citizen, enlist in the U.S. Army and become a Special Forces Soldier in the coming years. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Maj. Patrick Fensom)
A Dutch military officer (left) representing NATO observes Bolivian Army training run by U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers in Bolivia during a November 1997 Joint Combined Exchange Training deployment. The Dutch officer attended the training the validate Bolivia's Manchego battalion to conduct peacekeeping operations on behalf of NATO; the Spanish-speaking U.S. Army Soldiers from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) spent six weeks training the Bolivian soldiers. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Maj. Patrick Fensom)


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