Beginning of the Preparatory Course for Subunit and Platoon Commanders 2012/1
On August 13, 2012, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center started the Preparatory Course for Subunit and Platoon Commanders (acronym in Portuguese: EPCOSUPEL), which aims at supplying the tools so that the Brazilian military personnel of the contingent which will be in Haiti masters the highest levels of preparation.
The first two days of the course were marked by intense information concerning the basic training modules supplied by the UN, and after that the apprentices could have a whole day of practical activities, such as instructions of progression in the terrain and contextualized shooting, which allowed them to use their reasoning in order to make the best decisions, based on the situations experienced in the mission and on MINUSTAH's rules of engagement.
