Modern Use
After the decommissioning of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps the forested area was used by the United States Army South (USARSO) Jungle Operations Training Center (JOTC). JOTC was founded in 1951 to train both US and allied Central American forces in jungle warfare, with an enrollment of about 9,000 a year. The JOTC also taught a 10-day Air Crew Survival Course, open to all branches of service, and a four-week Engineer Jungle Warfare Course. Upon completion of the course the Jungle expert badge or patch was awarded.
Between 1966 and 1979 1160 sounding rockets with maximum flight altitudes of 99 kilometres were launched at Fort Sherman.
The dock at Fort Sherman is now a marina, Shelter Bay Marina, and much of the base is now reclaimed by the rain forest.
Fort Sherman was recently used in the filming of the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.
Coordinates: 9°21′47″N 79°57′11″W / 9.36302°N 79.953035°W / 9.36302; -79.953035
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