A Green Hell: Fort Sherman’s Jungle School Army | War History Online

@marymargaretolohan joins @petehegseth at Fort Sherman - the previous primary base for US jungle warfare training. | Daily Wire

American Troops Join Panama Forces For Intensive Jungle Survival Training After Two Decades For the first time since 1999, U.S. troops are undergoing rigorous jungle warfare training in Panama alongside Panamanian security services. The Combined Jungle Operations Training Course at Base Aeronaval Cristobal Colon, formerly Fort Sherman, marks a pivotal renewal of strategic collaboration to ensure both nations are prepared for challenges in one of the toughest terrains worldwide. The program which

Here I am at the old Fort Sherman in Panama, once the U.S. jungle training school, and perhaps again soon. This site was the home of many who trained to fight in places like Vietnam, and was at its peak during the Cold War. But it’s been broadly abandoned and repurposed since 1999. Today, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pledged to re-open at least part of it, with some improvements having already been made in the past few months. | Raheem Kassam