Members of one team are facing punishment, but emails suggest the problems went beyond those nine soldiers. Military representatives were missing from a few countries where coups recently toppled their governments. At least 17 people were killed and 59 were injured in the blast, which left a large crater and reduced dozens of buildings to piles of wood and metal. The part diplomat, part combat-ready force must set aside some of their own ideas and exercise a rare skill — listening. Each team must operate independently, providing their own medical, communications and logistics needs. Teams of four to 12 advisers are running the training across the globe. While the politics between the U.S. and South American nations might not be what “we would want .... the military relationships are really strong." A captain leads a team of four to 12 soldiers. Security force assistance brigade advisors are going to Europe for the first time. The U.S. Embassy in Bogota wrote on its Twitter account that a small group of American military personnel were at the base when the explosion occurred but were not harmed. By Manuel Rueda
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