BATTALION-SIZED BIVOUAC EL MARTILLO MILITARY BARRACKS AREA, NICARAGUA - (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: November 22, 1983
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22 NOVEMBER 1983
BATTALION-SIZED BIVOUAC
EL MARTILLO MILITARY BARRACKS AREA, NICARAGUA (SWN/NF)
1.i SIGNIFICANCE: A BATTALION-SIZED BIVOUAC, UNUSUAL IN
NICARAGUA, WAS IDENTIFIED NEAR MANAGUA. (SWN)
2.; REMARKS: A BATTALION'-SIZED BIVOUAC HAS BEEN ERECTED ON A
RECENTLY CLEARED AREA CONTIGUOUS TO EL MARTILLO MILITARY
BARRACKS AREA SINCE THE BIVOUAC, APPROXIMATELY 8 25X1
NM NORTHWEST OF MANAGUA, CONSISTED OF 32 TENTS. AT LEAST 15
WERE PERSONNEL TENTS, EACH APPROXIMATELY 40 FFET IN LENGTH. A
PROBABLE MESS AREA WITH THREE PROBABLE FIELD KITCHENS AND NINE
TENTS AND A PROBABLE ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA WITH EIGHT
TENTS WAS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE PERSONNEL AREA. PORTIONS OF
THE PROBABLE MESS AREA AND THE ADMINISTRATION/SUPPORT AREA
WERE DELINEATED BY WHITE LINES ON THE GROUND. TILE ENTIRE AREA
WAS PARTIALLY FENCE-SECURED. ONF MEDIUM CARGO TRUCK WAS
PRESENT. PREPARATIONS, PROBABLY FOR ADDITIONAL
STRUCTURES/TENTS, WERE OBSERVED. (SWN/NF)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THIS IS THE FIRST BATTALION-SIZED
BIVOUAC OBSERVED ON IMAGERY IN NICARAGUA. THE PURPOSE OF THE
BIVOUAC IS NOT KNOWN, BUT COULD BE RELATED TO NICARAGUA'S
ACCELERATED MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND INDUCTION IN RFACTION TO
THE U.S. INTERVENTION IN GRENADA. (SWN)
3. COORDINATES 12-12-15N 086-23-25W (S)
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