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  • NY Air Guard Senior Airman graduates Brazil's tough jungle warfare school

    When Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel showed up to attend Brazil’s Jungle Warfare Training School in September, he met special forces soldiers from Spain, Egypt, and Indonesia; paratroopers from Paraguay; amphibious infantrymen from Nigeria, and a Kaibil special operator from Guatemala whose Motto is: “

  • NY Guardsman prepares for Brazilian jungle warfare course

    A member of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing is heading for the Brazilian Army's jungle training center along the Amazon River this week.Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel, 22, who joined the Air Guard three years ago, will attend the six-week International Jungle Operations Course the