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At Peru's riverine training center near Iquitos, Marine Corps Gen. Charles Wilhelm samples a native plant that can provide life-saving nourishment during anti-drug operations deep in the Amazon rainforest. Sponsored by DoD, the camp has already trained dozens of Peruvian naval and law enforcement specialists who will help the country stop narcotraffickers' use of the Amazon River. Wilhelm, commander in chief of the U.S. Southern Command, visited the camp in early December 1997. Douglas J. Gillert 9801094e.djg The isolated ground-based radar site near Iquitos, Peru, operated by Detachment 4, 24th Operations Group, Howard Air Force Base, Panama, provides the eyes of anti-drug operators stemming the flow of Peruvian coca leaves to Colombian cocaine processing plants. Thirty-three U.S. airmen and six Peruvian enlisted controllers staff the high-tech compound, located on a bluff above the Amazon River. Douglas J. Gillert

At Peru's riverine training center near Iquitos, Marine Corps Gen. Charles Wilhelm samples a native plant that can provide life-saving nourishment during anti-drug operations deep in the Amazon rainforest. Sponsored by DoD, the camp has already trained dozens of Peruvian naval and law enforcement specialists who will help the country stop narcotraffickers' use of the Amazon River. Wilhelm, commander in chief of the U.S. Southern Command, visited the camp in early December 1997. Douglas J. Gillert 9801094e.djg The isolated ground-based radar site near Iquitos, Peru, operated by Detachment 4, 24th Operations Group, Howard Air Force Base, Panama, provides the eyes of anti-drug operators stemming the flow of Peruvian coca leaves to Colombian cocaine processing plants. Thirty-three U.S. airmen and six Peruvian enlisted controllers staff the high-tech compound, located on a bluff above the Amazon River. Douglas J. Gillert

At Peru's riverine training center near Iquitos, Marine Corps Gen. Charles Wilhelm samples a native plant that can provide life-saving nourishment during anti-drug operations deep in the Amazon rainforest. Sponsored by DoD, the camp has already trained dozens of Peruvian naval and law enforcement specialists who will help the country stop narcotraffickers' use of the Amazon River. Wilhelm, commander in chief of the U.S. Southern Command, visited the camp in early December 1997. Douglas J. Gillert 9801094e.djg The isolated ground-based radar site near Iquitos, Peru, operated by Detachment 4, 24th Operations Group, Howard Air Force Base, Panama, provides the eyes of anti-drug operators stemming the flow of Peruvian coca leaves to Colombian cocaine processing plants. Thirty-three U.S. airmen and six Peruvian enlisted controllers staff the high-tech compound, located on a bluff above the Amazon River. Douglas J. Gillert

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