{"id":122958,"date":"2019-02-19T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=122958"},"modified":"2019-02-19T16:30:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T16:30:09","slug":"united-states-military-in-bani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/02\/19\/united-states-military-in-bani\/","title":{"rendered":"United States\u2019 military in Bani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/US-military-training-Listin-Diario-1024x733.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123012\" width=\"302\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/US-military-training-Listin-Diario-1024x733.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/US-military-training-Listin-Diario-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/US-military-training-Listin-Diario-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/US-military-training-Listin-Diario.png 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><figcaption>US  military training \/ Listin Diario<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A contingent of United States\u2019 special forces with amphibian vehicles and anti-terrorist equipment is participating in training exercises alongside the Dominican military at the Las Calderas naval base in Bani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training exercises focus on the rescue of hostages in situations based on past real life events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The troops from the United States\u2019 Southern Command are carrying out anti-terrorism simulations at the La Isabela International Airport in Higuero, together with the Specialized Corps of Airport Security and Civil Aviation (Cesac).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative is called \u201cDetention of a terrorist cell in the public domain\u201d and lasted 40 minutes, involving two Black Hawk helicopters and troops, practiced the identification of terrorist suspects and their neutralization, the rescue of hostages and making the areas secure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cesac director, Air Defense Brigadier General Aracenis Castillo de la Cruz, said that these cooperative exercises take place periodically, in order to improve the skills and abilities of the specialized personnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bani, the locals have seen the marines lunching in a hotel and in and around the town of Salinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A source has said that the exercise is nothing new, as these type of routine training exercises have been going on for more than 20 years at the Las Calderas base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/02\/18\/554013\/militares-eeuu-entrenan-fuerzas-contra-terrorismo\">Listin&nbsp;Diario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19 February 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A contingent of United States\u2019 special forces with amphibian vehicles and anti-terrorist equipment is participating in training exercises alongside the Dominican military at the Las Calderas naval base in Bani. The training exercises focus on the rescue of hostages in situations based on past real life events. The troops from the United States\u2019 Southern Command &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/02\/19\/united-states-military-in-bani\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122958"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123014,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122958\/revisions\/123014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}