Colonel Cristian Guedelhoefer Erbetta (Director, Chilean Army Escuela Militar) and Lieutenant Colonel Pablo Lizama Pieper (Dean, Chilean Army Escuela Militar) received the Order of Saint Maurice Award from the U.S. Army Infantry Association for significant contributions to the U.S. Army Infantry community in their capacity as Director and Dean of the Escuela Militar (ESMIL) during a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy on March 27, 2017.
ESMIL conducts various exchanges with U.S. cadets from both West Point and the Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC) that provide opportunities to train Infantry skills and influence the future leaders in the U.S. Army Infantry. U.S. Ambassador Carol Perez and the Commander of the Chilean Army, GEN Oviedo were in attendance at the ceremony.