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Title: Atlacatl Rapid Reaction Battalion In Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Date: 1982-10-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A United States Army instructor, center right, inspects U.S.-made M-16 rifles during a training exercise at the First Battalion headquarters of the Atlacatl Battalion in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, October 1, 1982. As early as 1950, the United States provided extensive support in the establishment of a counterintelligence apparatus for the Salvadoran military and police forces, in addition to direct military funding and assistance. Over the course of the civil war from 1980-1992, the United States sent more than $6 billion to the Salvadoran government in economic and military aid.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Military training; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Atlacatl Battalion
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0038_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96505
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Col. John D. Waghelstein Head Of U.S. Military Trainers
Date: 1983-03-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: United States Army Colonel John D. Waghelstein listens to an artillery instruction class given by one of the 55 U.S. military trainers to Salvadoran army soldiers stationed in San Juan Opico, El Salvador, March 1, 1983. Waghelstein served as commander of the U.S. trainers and was one of the army's leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare. Referred to as "trainers" to discourage comparisons with U.S. advisors during the Vietnam War, the trainers in El Salvador worked to strengthen the military capacity of the Salvadoran Armed Forces as well as enforce the preferred military strategy of the war's largest funder, the United States government.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Military aid; United States foreign policy; Cold War; John D. Waghelstein
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: John D. Waghelstein
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0051_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96179
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army On A Training Exercise Near San Salvador
Date: 1982-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army soldiers move down a hillside during a training maneuver in Cuscatancingo, El Salvador, July 15, 1982. At the time, the country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military training
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0142_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96270
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Helicopter Training By U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army soldiers listen to a United States Army instructor during a helicopter training exercise overseen by U.S. Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. The base was favored by the U.S. military operating in the region as a headquarters for covert activities. Among the operations carried out were C.I.A.-sponsored supply flights to the Nicaraguan contras.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0236_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96703
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Parachute Training By U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army soldiers listen to a United States Army instructor during a parachute training exercise overseen by U.S. Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. With the escalation of U.S. military aid in 1981, 55 military advisors, or the Mobile Training Team, MTT, arrived in El Salvador and were stationed at bases around the country. The advisors were prohibited from engaging in combat missions with Salvadoran troops and from carrying weapons other than a sidearm. However, regulations on the capacities and number of advisors stationed were largely ignored or circumvented by the Reagan administration.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: United States
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0189_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96317
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Parachute Training By U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army soldiers listen to a United States Army instructor during a parachute training exercise overseen by U.S. Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. With the escalation of U.S. military aid in 1981, 55 military advisors, or the Mobile Training Team, MTT, arrived in El Salvador and were stationed at bases around the country. Referred to as "trainers" to discourage comparisons with U.S. advisors during the Vietnam War, the trainers in El Salvador worked to strengthen the military capacity of the Salvadoran Armed Forces as well as enforce the preferred military strategy of the war's largest funder, the United States government.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: United States
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0190_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96318
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Parachute Training By U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army recruits perform exercises during a parachute training class overseen by United States Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. The base was favored by the U.S. military operating in the region as a headquarters for covert activities. Among the operations carried out were C.I.A.-sponsored supply flights to the Nicaraguan contras.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: United States
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0188_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96316
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Parachute Training By U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army soldiers listen to a United States Army instructor during a parachute training exercise overseen by U.S. Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. With the escalation of U.S. military aid in 1981, 55 military advisors arrived in El Salvador and were stationed at bases around the country. Referred to as “trainers” to discourage comparisons with U.S. advisors during the Vietnam War, the trainers in El Salvador worked to strengthen the military capacity of the Salvadoran Armed Forces as well as enforce the preferred military strategy of the war’s largest funder, the United States government.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0237_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96704
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Parachute Training By U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army recruits perform exercises during a parachute training class overseen by instructors trained by the United States Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. With the escalation of U.S. military aid in 1981, 55 military advisors arrived in El Salvador and were stationed at bases around the country. The advisors were prohibited from engaging in combat missions with Salvadoran troops and from carrying weapons other than a sidearm. However, regulations on the capacities and number of advisors stationed were largely ignored or circumvented by the Reagan administration.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0239_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96706
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Training From U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army recruits hang from a crossbar during a training exercise overseen by United States Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. The base was favored by the U.S. military operating in the region as a headquarters for covert activities. Among the operations carried out were C.I.A.-sponsored supply flights to the Nicaraguan contras.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0186_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96314
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Training From U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army recruits hang from a crossbar during a training exercise overseen by United States Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. The base was favored by the U.S. military operating in the region as a headquarters for covert activities. Among the operations carried out were C.I.A.-sponsored supply flights to the Nicaraguan contras.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0187_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96315
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Receive Training From U.S. Military Advisors
Date: 1982-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army recruits hang from a crossbar during a training exercise overseen by United States Army Rangers and Special Forces at the Ilopango air base in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 1, 1982. The base was favored by the U.S. military operating in the region as a headquarters for covert activities. Among the operations carried out were C.I.A.-sponsored supply flights to the Nicaraguan contras.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0238_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96705
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Training In San Miguel
Date: 1982-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran army recruits practice teamwork drills led by a Salvadoran officer trained at the School of the Americas, SOA, in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, at an army base in San Miguel, El Salvador, July 1, 1982. SOA was founded in 1946 by the United States Department of Defense as a training school for Latin American military and police forces. At the advent of the Cold War, the school was assigned an aggressive anti-communist counterinsurgency agenda and many graduates returned to their countries to lead and participate in repressive regimes plagued with human rights abuses.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Cold War; School of the Americas
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0075_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96203
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Training In San Miguel
Date: 1982-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: New recruits perform physical exercises directed by Salvadoran army officers trained at the School of the Americas, SOA, in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, at a Salvadoran army base in San Miguel, El Salvador, July 1, 1982. SOA was founded in 1946 by the United States Department of Defense as a training school for Latin American military and police forces. At the advent of the Cold War, the school was assigned an aggressive anti-communist counterinsurgency agenda and many graduates returned to their countries to lead and participate in repressive regimes plagued with human rights abuses.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; School of the Americas
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0036_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96503
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Training In San Miguel
Date: 1982-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran army officer trained by United States Army instructors, center, instructs new recruits at an army base, San Miguel, El Salvador, July 1, 1982. As early as 1950, the United States provided extensive support in the establishment of a counterintelligence apparatus for the Salvadoran military and police forces, in addition to direct military funding and assistance. Over the course of the civil war from 1980-1992, the United States sent more than $6 billion to the Salvadoran government in economic and military aid.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; School of the Americas
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0026_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96493
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Training In San Miguel
Date: 1982-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran army officer instructs new recruits at an army base in San Miguel, El Salvador July 1, 1982. Lack of opportunity for social and economic ascension led many young Salvadorans towards military inscription.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; School of the Americas
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0027_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96494
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Training In San Miguel
Date: 1982-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran army officer trained at the School of the Americas, SOA, in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, center, instructs new recruits at an army base, San Miguel, El Salvador, July 1, 1982. Many of the human rights violations that have occurred in El Salvador have stemmed from military personnel that came from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, WHINSEC, formerly known as the School of the Americas. The military personnel who killed Archbishop Óscar Romero, the six Jesuit priests and their housekeeper and her daughter, Father Rutilio Grande, and the four U.S. Catholic nuns in El Salvador, amongst others, were all trained at the School of the Americas.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; School of the Americas
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0033_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96500
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Training In San Miguel
Date: 1982-07-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: New recruits perform physical exercises directed by Salvadoran army officers trained at the School of the Americas, SOA, in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, at a Salvadoran army base in San Miguel, El Salvador, July 1, 1982. SOA was founded in 1946 by the United States Department of Defense as a training school for Latin American military and police forces. At the advent of the Cold War, the school was assigned an aggressive anti-communist counterinsurgency agenda and many graduates returned to their countries to lead and participate in repressive regimes plagued with human rights abuses.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Military training; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; School of the Americas
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0035_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96502
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Training Operation In Central El Salvador
Date: 1984-01-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Army soldiers conduct a training operation accompanied by two US supplied Bell UH-1 helicopters in central El Salvador in January 1984.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Military training; United States foreign policy; Cold War
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0278_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Army Weapons
Date: 1983-08-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A pyramid of Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles stand in a field during a Salvadoran military training exercise in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 1, 1983. The heavy caliber rifles were later replaced by the lighter U.S.-made M-16 rifle. Over the course of the civil war from 1980-1992, the United States sent more than $6 billion to the Salvadoran government in economic and military aid.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Military training
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0136_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96603
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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