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The Disam Journal of International Security Assistance Management
DISAM is in the middle of an immense task contained within a DEPSECDEF High Priority Performance Goal, tracked up through OMB channels to ensure that at least 95% of the SC workforce has their appropriate level of DISAM security cooperation (SC) training by the end of fiscal year (FY) 2011. DISAM 's Director of Research, Greg Sutton, has put together an article (immediately behind this page) which outlines much of the effort in terms of some of the source documentation, who we're in the proc...
Training Our Security Cooperation Workforce for the Challenges of Today
In order to manage this broad and extensive effort, the Director, DSCA has tasked the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM) to develop an action plan to meet the DOD goals and provide for measurable milestones (metrics) to ensure we are making progress.\n The bottom line is that DSCA and DISAM are putting in motion a number of initiatives to increase our student throughput capacity, but the specifics in terms of courses, locations, and a myriad of cost benefit considerat...
The United States Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School
In conformance with the United States Security Assistance Program, [to] foster increased level of professionalism and readiness in the Naval and Coast Guard Forces of Latin America and Caribbean Island nations through formal courses of instruction and Mobile Training Teams in the operation of small craft including employment, maintenance, and logistic support. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) decided to take NAVSCIATTS as part of the...
[...] most countries use our NAVSCIATTS inresident training as their respective nation's qualification courses. Nine courses are offered in both Spanish and English and cover such topics as patrol craft familiarization, outboard motor maintenance, mission planning, navigation, weapons training, rules of engagement, laws of armed conflict, and how a military law justice system functions in accomplishing military objectives.
Courses Available to Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School Customers
Additional topics include introduction to computerized navigation, navigation rules, aids to navigation, plotting, piloting, dead reckoning, over the horizon navigation (day and night), principles of communications, weapons safety and employment, rules of engagement, mission planning, maritime interdiction operations, insertions and extractions, board and search, close air support, and a final Field Training Exercise (FTX) in combination with the Patrol Officer Communications course. Length ...
Meeting the Demand for Maritime Special Operations Forces Capability
[...] I have a heavy enabler staff when you look at the maintenance and support that it takes to manage these vessels. NAVSCIATTS is a schoolhouse that is primarily responsible for teaching foreign military partners small boat seamanship, handling, maintenance, logistics, sustainment, etc. The relationships between NSWG-4, Department of State (DOS), interagency organizations, Coast Guard, and conventional Navy continue to grow exponentially; and the stability built there will only serve to ...
The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) hosted Naval Special Warfare Group 4's Global Maritime Security Force Assistance Symposium September 28 through October 1, 2009. The final day concluded with a key note guest speaker and ceremony commemorating both the 10-year anniversary of NAVSCIATTS' establishment ceremony on Stennis Space Center under United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and recent operational command shift under Naval Special Warfar...
The third thing that the law did is it created our office and the office of the Secretary of Defense. [...] we have added a very senior Assistant Secretary whose responsibility it is to work closely with SOCOM, to protect SOCOM and the special operations community from the winds of change that often blow after the wars end. [...] it gives you pride and pride in being able to build your own military and law enforcement capabilities [is] extremely important. * It is important on a national ba...
Consistent with the statutory definition of a major drug transit or drug producing country set forth in section 481(e)(2) and (5) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, (FAA) as amended, one of the reasons that major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries are placed on the list is the combination of geographic, commercial, and economic factors that allow drugs to transit or be produced despite the concerned government's most assiduous enforcement measures. Indian authorities contin...
Presidential Determination No. 2009-29 Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Division A of Public Law 106-386), as amended, (the "Act"), I hereby: * Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(l)(A)(i) of the Act, with respect to Burma, the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK), and Zimbabwe, not to provide certain funding for those countries' governments for fiscal year 2010, until such government complies with the minimum standards...
Executive Order 13526 of December 29, 2009 Classified National Security Information
Classification Standards. (a) Information may be originally classified under the terms of this order only if all of the following conditions are met: (1) an original classification authority is classifying the information; (2) the information is owned by, produced by or for, or is under the control of the United States Government; (3) the information falls within one or more of the categories of information listed in section 1 .4 of this order; and (4) the original classification authority de...
Senate Committee Aims to Overhaul Foreign Assistance
The bill would authorize $255 million over six years for the council's operation. * Establishing an assistant administrator for policy and strategic planning, within USAID, and a bureau that would develop policy and long-term strategy, evaluate program effectiveness and establish resource and workforce allocation criteria. * Directing the administrator of USAID to formulate a strategy to promote development to reduce global poverty.
United States Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 2001-2008
The data have been restructured for this report by DSCA from a fiscal year format to a calendar year format. [...] a year in this report covers the period from January 1 -December 31, and not the fiscal year period from October 1- September 30.1 United States Agreements with Leading Purchasers, 2001-2008 The following regional tables (Tables 1-5) provide the total dollar values of all U.S. defense articles and defense services sold to the top five purchasers in each region indicated for the ...
Fiscal Year 2011 International Affairs Budget
[The following is a Press Release by the United States House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.] Howard L. Berman (Democrat-California), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today [9 December 2009] sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama signed by 189 members of Congress requesting a robust International Affairs budget, which includes funding for bilateral diplomacy; international broadcasting; contributions to the United Nations; and humanitarian, development, a...
Office of the Spokesman United States Department of State Washington, D.C. November 30, 2009
United States funding helps affected nations and more than sixty partner organizations with land surveys and safe clearance of mines and explosive remnants of war, mine risk education, survivors' assistance, research and development of new technologies, and training foreign demining personnel.
Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties Between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia
The treaties also recognize and support the long-standing special relationship that the United States, the U.K., and Australia share. Since World War I, the United States and the U.K. have worked together to develop advanced strategic technologies, technologies that provided the advantage to help us win two World Wars, protect lives, and advance our countries' interests in numerous conflicts.
On the subject of intellectual property rights, Berman urged leaders in the Legislative Yuan to amend the Copyright Act to make internet piracy for profit a "public crime"- just as a 2003 amendment to that legislation criminalized illicit copying of optical discs such as CDs and DVDs.
Foreign Military Sales Offsets and Other Issues Affecting Foreign Military Sales Procurements
[...] the risks associated with the contractor satisfying key contract requirements must be considered. [...] contracting officer must consider the value and benefit of these incentives from the customer's perspective.
The Real Department of State and Department of Defense Turf War Begins
While both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have talked about the demilitarization of foreign policy and the shifting of resources to the diplomatic corps, the full-fledged fight over money inside the system is now coming to a head as each group jockeys to protect its money under the assumption that once it is gone from your coffers, you can not get it back. The forum for this fight is a new interagency policy task force being managed by the National Secu...
Hitting Bottom in Foggy Bottom
Modern global affairs are not compartmentalized by political borders. Besides expanding the overly shallow and narrow authorities of the public diplomacy bureau, Clinton must restructure the DOS to focus less on countries and more on regions.
A recent commando operation that killed a top organizer for al Qaeda in Somalia is one part of the United States military's new multifaceted approach to regional security, which includes deepening ties between the Pentagon and African armies and putting American soldiers in the role of nation builders. Rather than hunting and killing terrorists, Africa Command focuses on "professionalizing" African militaries so that they can better confront local security challenges on their own, United Sta...
United States Arms Exports Prevail Even in the Face of Steeper Competition
[...] at a broader level, SIPRI sees "few signs that the global financial crisis is significantly affecting decision-making" among major arms importers. [...] the amount of money being spent under the so-called Section 1206 authority- a mechanism created in the fiscal 2006 budget to train and equip foreign military forces- has risen steadily.
Senator to Pentagon: Stop the Sweetheart Russian Helo Deals
The following is a web site for Wired.com: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/ senator-to-pentagon-stop-the-sweetheart-russian-helo-deals. Over a year after Danger Room first reported on the Department of Defense's (DOD) plans to buy Russian helicopters, a United States senator is now demanding that the Pentagon put a stop to such purchases all together. [...] it took two months of requests from my office to receive material on the subject.
United States Government Benefits As a Result of Foreign Military Sales Programs
The Department of Defense (DOD) procures defense related equipment and services for the foreign customer in the same manner as it procures defense articles for itself. [...] the foreign customer benefits from USG procurement practices, the total package approach, and economies of scale achieved through combining its own FMS purchases with the same equipment acquired by DOD.
United States and Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Fact Sheet
Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Lavrov Working Groups include: * Policy Steering Group * Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Security * Arms Control and International Security * Counterterrorism * Drug Trafficking * Business Development and Economic Relations * Energy * Environment * Agriculture * Science and Technology * Space Cooperation * Health * Cooperation in Prevention and Handling of Emergency Situations * Civil Society * Education, Sports, and Cultural Exchanges * Military to Military
President Medvedev Unhappy with Quality of Russian Weapons
The quality of military production for the Russian army and foreign exports is causing justified concern from clients, added Industry Minister Viktor Khristenko, speaking at a meeting on the issue and quoted by Interfax.
Soviet Carrier Turns Into India's White Elephant
Russia, India's longtime weapons supplier, said in 2004 it would give the country the 44,570-ton "Admiral Gorshkov" as a gift, provided Delhi paid a Russian shipyard $974 million to refurbish the carrier. [...] the price has skyrocketed for fixing up the 27-year-old ship, which was decommissioned after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Libya to Buy Russian Fighter Jets for $1 Billion: Report
Libya, a longtime pariah state that has moved to rejoin the international community in recent years, was reported to be discussing arms deals with Russia when Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi visited Moscow late last year.
An Additional 7.5 Billion Dollars in Assistance to Pakistan
The many requirements of this report are intended as a way for Congress to assess how effectively United States funds are being spent, shortfalls in United States resources that hinder the use of such funds, and steps the government of Pakistan has taken to advance our mutual interests in countering extremism and nuclear proliferation and strengthening democratic institutions, the statement says.
United States Aid to Pakistan: United States Taxpayers Have Funded Pakistani Corruption
Since 1951, the United States has given significant funding to Pakistan. Since September 11, 2001, United States funding has been intended for the following five purposes: * To cover the extra cost to Pakistan's military of fighting terrorism * To provide Pakistan with military equipment to fight terrorism * To provide development and humanitarian assistance, for covert funds (such as bounties or prize money), as cash transfers directly to the Pakistani government's budget Pakistan is one of...