MILITARY TRAINING ACTIVITY CUAJACHILLO MILITARY BARRACKS AREA, SAN ISIDRO TRAINING FACILITY, NICARAGUA

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 19, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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MILITARY TRAINING ACTIVITY
CUAJACHILLO MILITARY BARRACKS AREA,
SAN ISIDRO TRAINING FACILITY, NICARAGUA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ENGINEER TRAINING AND ARTILLERY ACTIVITY
ARE NOTED IN THE MANAGUA AREA WHILE SOME MINOR VEHICULAR
ACTIVITY IS NOTED AT EL REGATE NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MANAGUA.
2. (SWN) AT LEAST EIGHT PIECES OF FIELD ARTILLERY (FA),
SUFFICIENT FOR TWO FOUR-GUN BATTERIES (BTRY ARE OUT OF SHEDS
AT CUAJACHILLO MILITARY BKS AREA (GRAPHIC 1) 25X1
THE PRESENCE OF FA REVETMENTS AND AT LEAST TWO PIECES OF FA AT
THIS FACILITY WAS AN INDICATION THAT AN FA 25X1
BATTALION MIGHT BE GARRISONED HERE. AN INCREASE IN VEHICLE
ACTIVITY IS EVIDENCED BY AT LEAST 30 TRUCKS IN THE VEHICLE
PARK. THIS INCREASED ACTIVITY WAS NOT OBSERVED 25X1
(SWN) REMARKS: AN INCREASE IN EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING IS
OBSERVEDEDA SAN ISIDRO TRAINING FACILITY 25X1
(GRAPHIC 2). ONE HEAVY AMPHIBIOUS FERRY (GSP) SET 25X1
(INCLUDING TWO VEHICLES) IS JUST OFF THE SHORE OF LAKE
MANAGUA. AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL GSP REMAINS IN GARRISON. TWO
GSP HAVE BEEN AT THIS FACILITY FOR SOME TIME WHILE AN
ADDITIONAL TWO WERE HERE IN EARLY FEBRUARY. TWO TRUCK-MOUNTED
SCISSORS BRIDGES (TMM) ARE AT WATER'S EDGE AND ONE ADDITIONAL
TMM IS WITHIN THE INSTALLATION. A TMM WAS OBSERVED FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN NICARAGUA AT CUAJACHILLO 25X1
MILITARY BARRACKS AREA AN ADDITIONAL THREE 25X1
TMM WERE AT SAN ISIDRO TRAINING FACILITY IN 25X1
ADDITION, 11 VEHICLES/PIECES OF ENGINEER EQUIPMENT ARE IN A NEW
VEHICLE PARK AT SAN ISIDRO TRAINING FACILITY; THIS EQUIPMENT
WAS NOT PRESENT SAN ISIDRO IS ON THE SHORE OF 25X1
LAKE MANAGUA 1.5 NM EAST OF EL TEMPISQUE MILITARY BARRACKS AND
HEADQUARTERS AND 1 NM SOUTH OF JILOA SPECIAL 25X1
TROOP SCHOOL AND' HEADQUARTERS 25X1
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(SWN) AT LEAST SIX VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OF SHEDS AT
EL REGATE MILITARY CAMP
ACTIVITY IS NOT NORMALLY. OBSERVED AT THIS INSTALLATION.
3. BE N/A, COORDINATES N/A
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
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