First week of the Course for Subunit Commanders and Platoon Leaders [EPCOSUPEL,
From 10 to 14 February 2014, the students of the Course for Subunit Commanders and Platoon Leaders [EPCOSUPEL, acronym in Portuguese] of the 20th Brazilian Contingent in Haiti [20 CONTBRAS, acronym in Portuguese] had lectures on PKOs focusing on United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti [MINUSTAH, acronym in French]. They also practiced First-Aid, had notions of IHL focusing on the UN, and trained shooting in the simulator room. In the field, they exercised the use of non-lethal weapons in the field as well as combat techniques in an urban environment in Gericinó Training Center [CIG, acronym in Portuguese] and in the Center for the Preparation of Rio de Janeiro State Police Enlisted [CFAP/PMERJ, acronyms in Portuguese].