sentences:  NAVSCIATTS traces its history to the U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Training Team (MTT) sent to the Panama Canal Zone as a result of agreements made during the Alliance for Progress Conference in San José, Costa Rica in 1961.During this initial deployment, the need for a permanent training facility was recognized and the U.S. Coast Guard based the "Small Craft Inspection and Training Team" (SCIATT) at the U.S.Naval Station, Rodman, Panama in May 1963.