The School of Leadership and Tactics continued its training with Fort Benning Fire Department for the upcoming Joint Disaster Relief Techniques Course (JDRT). The focus for this exercise was concrete breaching techniques for structural collapse incidents.

WHINSEC Leaders, COL Cenen Castillo, Mr Jose Nieto, COL Walter Navarro meet via VTC with Superintendent Ben Salgado, Regional Director for Latin America & the Caribbean of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Week two of the WHINSEC Command & General Staff Officer Course rolls on as U.S. Air Force Major Jacob England, facilitates for CGSOC students as they complete one of the practical exercises during the C200, Strategic Concepts.

WHINSEC Joint Disaster Relief Techniques (JDRT) Course Instructors took part in a High Angle Rescue training with the Fort Benning Fire Department, to prepare Instructors with the necessary tools and skills necessary to use during the upcoming JDRT course.

Students from the WHINSEC Maneuver Captain's Career Course visited the Clarke Simulations Center where they used the VBS3 system to derive and simulate a Battalion level operations order. This is part of the Battalion Phase of operations where students learn about the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP).

Rear Admiral Eric C. Jones, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard, visits with COL John Suggs and CSM Jose Lopez to get a better understanding of the WHINSEC mission. Among other topics being discussed; are the small-boat training capabilities within the School Of Leadership and Tactics and the possibility of adding a Non Commissioned Officer from the Coast Guard to the Cadre here at WHINSEC.