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Survival school student Jack Madeley stands in the middle of a grass field and hunches over a rifle during an obstacle course. The 160-acre camp, better known as the Starlight Training Center in Liberal, Missouri, was owned by Harry Claflin, a former U.S. Marine in Vietnam. The students are U.S. civilians with different backgrounds and professions who paid money in exchange for survivalist training. At the time, Madeley was a 30-year-old civilian from Lafayette, Louisiana, who worked as a fire protection and safety engineer for an oil company. Claflin studied the tactics, troop proficiency, and military effectiveness of foreign countries like those in Central America where he trained Guatemalan, Nicaraguan, and Salvadoran special forces. El estudiante de supervivencia Jack Madeley se para en medio de un campo y se inclina sobre un rifle durante una carrera de obstáculos. El campamento de 160 acres, mejor conocido como el centro de entrenamiento Starlight en Liberal, Misuri, era propiedad de Harry Claflin, un ex infante de marina de EE.UU. en Vietnam. Los estudiantes son civiles estadounidenses con diferentes antecedentes y profesiones que pagaron dinero a cambio de capacitación de supervivencia. En ese entonces, Madeley, un civil de 30 años, vino desde Lafayette, Louisiana, donde trabajaba como ingeniero de protección y seguridad contra incendios para una empresa petrolera. Claflin estudió las tácticas, la capacitación de tropas y la efectividad militar de países extranjeros como los de América Central, donde entrenó a fuerzas especiales guatemaltecas, nicaragüenses y salvadoreñas.
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