Fort Gulick was a U.S. army base in the former Panama Canal Zone located on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal near Fort Sherman. The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: ), was a 553 square mile (1,432 km²) territory inside of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles (8. ...

It was perhaps best known as the location of the School of the Americas. During the 1980s, control of the fort was turned over to the Republic of Panama who renamed it Fuerte Espinar, and the School of the Americas was moved to Fort Benning, Georgia in 1984. The U.S. retook over administration of the fort as a result of the 1989 United States invasion of Panama but kept the name of Fort Espinar. The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC), formerly School of the Americas (SOA), is a US Army facility at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, USA. It is a training facility operated in the Spanish language especially for Latin American military personnel. ... Fort Benning is a base facility of the United States military outside Columbus, Georgia. ... Combatants United States Panama Commanders Carl W. Stiner Manuel Noriega Strength 27,684+ 16,000+ Casualties 24 Dead, 325 Wounded 450 Military, 200-4,000 Civilian Rangers from Cco 3/75 RGT prepare to take La Comandancia in the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, December 1989. ...

The former site of Fort Gulick is now part of the municipal district of Colón, Panama and is the location of the Hotel Melia [1]. Colón as seen from the ocean in January 2000 Colón is a sea port city on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. ...