{"id":1914,"date":"2012-02-03T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2012-01-26T14:17:38","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T14:17:38","slug":"where-this-brotherhood-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/02\/where-this-brotherhood-began.html","title":{"rendered":"Where this Brotherhood Began"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2012\/01\/Fensom-Mendoza.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1965\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/01\/Fensom-Mendoza-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army, Special Forces<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Rod Mendoza and Patrick Fensom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\nFORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 11, 2012) \u2013 In 1997, eight Special Forces Soldiers traveled to Bolivia to train and advise a battalion of Boliv\u00adian Army rangers. Beyond running the battalion\u2019s light infantry certification training, the Special Forces team used their downtime to refine their own techniques and tactical proficiency; and they allowed a motivated 20-year-old Bolivian Army corporal to participate in their team training sessions.<\/p>\n<p>For their story&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2012\/01\/the-sf-brotherhood.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Blackfive.net\"><strong>Blackfive.net<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. 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