reported to have overrun a terrorist base and inflicted casualties. The Rwandan deployment to Mozambique under a bilateral agreement pre-empted a long-planned Southern African Development Council (SADC) military operation. Command The RDF command comprises: High Command Council of the RDF General Staff of the RDF Organisation Ranks Training establishments Major training centres include: RDF Command and Staff College, Nyakinama (Musanze District, Northern Province) Rwanda Military Academy, Gako (Bugesera District, Eastern Province) School of Infantry (Combat Training Centre), Gabiro Nasho Training School Land Forces Several sources, including Gérard Prunier, document U.S. aid to the RPA before the First Congo War. The officially admitted part of the training was Joint Combined Exchange Training. Prunier strongly implies the United States supplied communications equipment, vehicles, boots, and medicines to the RPA before the war began and after it broke out, delivered second-hand Warsaw Pact weapons and ammunition either directly to Goma or by airdrop along the AFDL front lines. He reports that after the war's outbreak, the U.S. Air Force had switched from using C-141 Starlifters and C-5 Galaxys to deliver the non-lethal aid to Kigali Airport and Entebbe Airport, to airdrops by C-130 Hercules aircraft. From July 1994 until December 1997 the RPA had six brigades, as designated in the Arusha Accords: 402nd in Kigali and Kigali Rurale Prefecture; 201st in Kibungo, Umatura, and Byumba Prefectures; 301st in Butare, Gikongoro, and Cyangugu Prefectures; 305th in Gitatama and Kibuye Prefectures; and 211th in Gisenyi and Ruhengeri Prefectures. The brigade boundaries mirrored the political administrative boundaries, which often complicated military operations. During the First Congo War the brigade headquarters remained inside Rwanda but directed operations inside the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jane's World Armies said in July 2009 that 'the RDF is deployed to protect the country's borders and defend against external aggression. There are four divisions, each deploying three brigades: 1 Division, based at Kigali, covers the central and east region; 2 Division, based at Byumba, covers the north and east region; 3 Division, based at Gisenyi, covers the northwest region; and 4 (Mechanised) Division, based at Butare, covers the southwest region. Artillery Division Brigades reported include: Republican Guard Brigade, Kigali Special Forces Brigade Engineering Brigade 201 Brigade, Kibungo 204 Brigade, Gasabo District, Kigali 211 Brigade, Gisenyi 301 Brigade, Butare 305 Brigade, Gitatama 307 Brigade 402 Brigade, Kigali 408 Brigade, Rusizi District 411 Brigade 501 Brigade 503 Brigade 511 Brigade, Gicumbe District Many