lopez had come to the 3rd of the 7th only a month before , but wed talked often enough for him to know my spanish was just passable and wed both spent enough sessions as guest instructors at the ft. gulick school -- known at various times as the latin american training center , the school of the americas , and the united states army caribbean school -- to be aware of the fact that the students there included both latin american officers as well as our own , both civilian intelligence people and u.s. military officers attached , at the time , to our own 8th special forces at gulick .