This training was conducted at the PAVN Sapper Training School in Vietnam, by Vietnamese sapper advisors assigned to the Cuban Army’s Sapper School in Cuba, and, during the 1980s, by a secret Vietnamese sapper training team stationed in Nicaragua. 25), official People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) military publications have now revealed that during the period from the 1970s through the early 1990s, PAVN’s sappers ( dac cong) - the Vietnamese army’s elite commando/special forces troops - also covertly provided specialized commando training to foreign forces. In addition to providing weapons and ammunition to foreign “revolutionary” forces during the Cold War (see CWIHP eDossier No. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/Close.Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition.Science and Technology Innovation Program.Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.

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