Back معهد نصف الكرة الغربي للتعاون الأمني Arabic مدرسة الامريكيتين ARZ Escola de les Amèriques Catalan Institut západní polokoule pro bezpečnostní spolupráci Czech Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Danish Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation German Instituto de la Okcidenta Hemisfero por la Kunlaborado en Sekureco Esperanto Instituto del Hemisferio Occidental para la Cooperación en Seguridad Spanish Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Finnish École militaire des Amériques French
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| Motto | Libertad, Paz y Fraternidad (Freedom, Peace, and Fraternity) |
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| Commandant | Colonel Michael Rogowski [1] |
| Budget | $11.2 million (As of 2018[update]) |
| Members | 215 |
| Owner | United States Department of Defense |
| Address | 7301 Baltzell Ave, Bradley Hall, Bldg 396, Fort Moore, Georgia 31905 |
| Location | , , United States |
| Coordinates | 32°21′54.1″N 84°57′21.25″W / 32.365028°N 84.9559028°W |
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| Website | Official website  |
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas,[2] is a United States Department of Defense school located at Fort Moore (formerly known as Fort Benning) in Columbus, Georgia, renamed in the 2001 National Defense Authorization Act.
The institute was founded in 1946; by the year 2000, more than 60,000 Latin American military, law enforcement, and security personnel had attended the school. The school was located in the Panama Canal Zone until its expulsion in 1984.
- ^ Rodriguez, Milton Mariani (January 25, 2021). "WHINSEC Commandant honored by the Peruvian Army". army.mil. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Starr, Barbara (December 15, 2000). "Controversial 'School of the Americas' Closes". ABC News.