Enemy resistance training reinstated

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Enemy resistance training reinstated
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 11, 2008 10:38:35 EST

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — A program to train Air Force Academy cadets how to resist enemy forces will be reinstated this summer, 13 years after officials discontinued the program over claims that simulated sexual abuse crossed into actual abuse.

Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. John Regni outlined the program Thursday in a meeting with the academy Board of Visitors, a civilian panel that advises the academy.

The training will focus on hostage resistance, an evolution that reflects a change in the threat facing military forces. Previous training developed after the Vietnam War focused on preparing military personnel for prisoner-of-war situations.

The training is part of a larger program known as Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape that will include classroom instruction. It includes role-playing exercises such as cadets in front of a video camera being forced to denounce the U.S.

“We want them to be as prepared as we can make them,” said Brig. Gen. Susan Desjardins, the commandant of cadets.


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