 Hundreds of Hondurans were trained at the school during the 1980s, when the country became increasingly critical to President Ronald Reagan's efforts to overthrow and defeat the Nicaraguan Sandinistas and other revolutionary guerrilla movements in the region.The surge in trainees during the 1980s marked the second wave of Hondurans to be trained by the school.The first wave took place between 1950 and 1969, when 1000 Honduran cadets were trained at the school or other facilities within the United States.