Twenty Russian soldiers will visit Fort Carson at the end of May, Fort Carson spokesman Lt. Col. Steve Osterholzer said Monday.

It will be the first time Russian military members will train at the base near Colorado Springs.

Osterholzer said the goal is to have foreign troops work together to exchange basic training skills used when working together out on the field. The troops will practice parachute jumps, fire basic weapons, conduct medical evacuations and will mountaineer west of the base.

The Russians will be escorted around the clock by senior ranking U.S. military officers and no classified information will be exchanged.

Reports on conspiracy websites last month swirled around supposed controversy over the visit. Reports claimed the drills would involve the Russians seizing a supposed CIA computer facility in Denver and "taking control" of Denver International Airport. The reports are untrue and were added to news reports of the training exercise at Fort Carson.

The exercise follows a recent bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Russia that focuses on cooperation in counterterrorism, Osterholzer said.

"The end result of this program is an improved understanding of how other foreign military work," he said.

As part of the exchange program, there are plans to send a handful of U.S. service members to Russia next year for similar training.

In 2010, American, Russian and Canadian military officers conducted a three-day exercise to test how well they could track an international terrorist hijacking over the Pacific Ocean. The exercise over the ocean involved commanders at the North American Aerospace Defense Command at Colorado's Peterson Air Force base.