Claws of Courage School - Men (58 images)

Since the inauguration of the "Claws of Courage School" in 1989 has had students from Europe or America. But it has mainly served for the formation of the Combat Special Force against Drug Trafficking in Bolivia, FELCN.

Known as Leopards, its graduates have defended the jungles and valleys of Bolivia in some cases even with their lives. Thanks to their training based on the American Rangers have won international recognition, becoming a landmark in South America. For...
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Since the inauguration of the "Claws of Courage School" in 1989 has had students from Europe or America. But it has mainly served for the formation of the Combat Special Force against Drug Trafficking in Bolivia, FELCN.

Known as Leopards, its graduates have defended the jungles and valleys of Bolivia in some cases even with their lives. Thanks to their training based on the American Rangers have won international recognition, becoming a landmark in South America. For this reason it is common for countries across the continent send their agents to the school. The most common countries are Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, Argentina, Colombia and Panama.

The training has a duration of 97 days in which "elements" are isolated from the rest of the world and the training is focused on water survival, jungle survival, advanced shooting and melee. The training faces the elements to stress not only physical but psychological. For this reason less than 50% of students complete the training.

Training and military regime prepare "elements" for future work against drug trafficking. In the next years as part of the contract that they had signed before the training, they will be relocated in all kind of weathers and locations, from "altiplano" to jungles, from cities to small checkpoints.

The war cry for this promotion is "In the mind the victory, in the body the power, with the Claws of the Courage we all can win. "
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