Hostage Training to Resume for Cadets ; Program Was Suspended Amid Sex Abuse Claims

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › January 17, 2008

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The Air Force Academy will begin training cadets this summer on resisting enemy forces if they're taken hostage, reinstating a program that was discontinued in 1995 amid claims it had led to sexual abuse.

Superintendent Lt. Gen. John Regni outlined the training effort Thursday in a meeting with the academy Board of Visitors, a civilian panel that advises the academy.

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Hostage Training to Resume for Cadets ; Program Was Suspended Amid Sex Abuse Claims

Regni said the resistance training will entail classroom instruction, which will include role-playing exercises such as putting cadet...

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