Archives of New Releases

2005

SAMM Updated

Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM) DoD 5105.38-M updated as of Oct 2004. [more]

RCM Issued

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case Reconciliation and Closure Manual (RCM) DoD 5105.65-M is issued. [more]

DSCA Facts Book 2003

The data in this publication regarding Foreign Military Sales Agreements and Deliveries portrays only sales and deliveries of defense articles and defense services. [more]

New DSCA Director

On July 6, 2004, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey B. Kohler came onboard as the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. [more]

Drawdown Handbook

This is the Security Cooperation Drawdown Handbook, updated as a deliverable under FMS Transformation. The Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) authorizes the President of the United States to direct transfers of on-hand, U.S. Department of Defense stocks to respond to unforeseen emergencies or requirements. [more]

DSCA Teams with DTRA on End-Use Monitoring 

Starting this month, the Defense Security Cooperation (DSCA) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) began a joint effort to enhance DoD’s worldwide monitoring and inventory control of arms transfers to foreign governments. [more]

Defense Department Supports Wheelchair Donations in Iraq  

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2004 -- Several hundred Iraqis have new-found mobility, thanks to a public-private partnership that provides wheelchairs to victims of war, disability and disease. An Iraqi child revels in his new wheelchair, donated through a public-private partnership.

FY 2005 Defense Budget Request
(Overview) 

DSCA SPONSORS WORLDWIDE SECURITY COOPERATION CONFERENCE

On October 14^th and 15^th the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) explored how Security Cooperation programs foster enduring relationships with our allies and other friendly countries during its annual conference with the theme "Supporting Tomorrow’s Coalitions Today." The event, hosted by Lieutenant General Jeffrey B. Kohler, Director of DSCA, took place at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia. [more]

Highlights of Security Cooperation Conference 2003
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Former Director DSCA Retires From Active Duty

News for Security Assistance Officers

Procedures for Enrolling FMS Customers in the Security Cooperation Information Portal (SCIP). [Click here for the latest!!]

Sample Correspondence for Enrolling FMS Customers in the Security Cooperation Information Portal (SCIP). [Click here for the latest!!]

Vinnell Wins Contract to Train New Iraqi Army

(26 June 2003) Yesterday the U.S. Army awarded a $48 million contract to the Vinnell Corporation of Fairfax, Virginia, for training the nucleus of a New Iraqi Army.

Under the one-year contract, which begins on 1 July, Vinnell Corporation employees will enroll, screen, and train the core of a New Iraqi Army. The contractor will also train recruits that will form the first infantry battalions of the new force; teaching basic infantry skills to the enlisted, noncommissioned officer, and officer candidates at a training center in central Iraq. [more]

Presenting the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Strategic Plan, 2003-2008 

DSCA's first strategic plan, published in 1998, was an important milestone providing a solid foundation for support of our stakeholders in the business of Security Cooperation. DSCA's new Strategic Plan builds on our past accomplishments and establishes a new focus for how DSCA will support National Security and Department of Defense (DoD) Security Cooperation goals. [more]

Djibo School Construction

These are pictures from Burkina Faso's dedication ceremony for the completion of the FY01 HA-funded school construction project. In FY01, Burkina Faso received $104K in OHDACA funding for the rudimentary construction of a school. Upon completion, this project will be followed on by a shipment of DoD Excess Property which will furnish the building with desks, chairs and other limited school supplies. [more]

Renovation of a Medical Clinic in Banjul, The Gambia

These are pictures, press release and the speech from the ground-breaking ceremony on the FY02 HA project in The Gambia. This $41K project will renovate the medical clinic that provides health care to the local civilian population at Fajara Barracks in Banjul, The Gambia. [more]

School Construction in Benin

In FY01, the HA program funded Benin Country Team with $190K for the construction of two schools, one located in Ouake and one in Malanville. The dedication ceremonies were conducted on 16 Nov 02, and 14 Nov. 02, respectively. Benin has been a consistent player in EUCOM's HA program. [more]

School Construction in Chad

In FY00 the HA-Other program provided the Chad Country Team with $100K to construct rudimentary school buildings in rural, under-served areas. Three classrooms were constructed with these funds in Bénoyé, which is located about 50 km north of Moundou in Southern Chad.  These classrooms, which are quite basic by our standards, are a quantum leap forward from the grass shelters where classes were formerly held, and which needed to be rebuilt annually after the rainy season. [more]

DSCA Signs New Education Agreement with Tufts University

On Wednesday 26 March at 1600, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy signifying a major step forward in implementing DSCA participation in Tufts Global Master of Arts Program (GMAP). [more]

Mission to advance relationships

Fletcher School: The US Defence Department is working with a university to provide graduate education for future leaders
By Sarah Murray

(Financial Times -- 17 March 2003) As the US once again finds itself centre stage in the geopolitical arena, it is perhaps timely that the country's Defence Department is planning to send many of its senior staff on a graduate programme in international affairs. 
In March 2004, a group of Defence Department employees will embark on the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's Global Master of Arts Programme (GMAP). [more]

Poland and US Initial F-16 Sale

On 15 March, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Government of Poland initialed documents governing a $3.5 billion sale of F-16s for the Polish Air Force. The initialing of key documents by the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Lt. Gen. Tome Walters and the Deputy Minister of Defense Janusz Zemke and Deputy Minister of Finance Ryszard Michalski signified the successful completion of negotiations on the technical and financial aspects of the deal. [more]

Rebuilding The Sultan Rasia Girls School in Afghanistan

A humanitarian project recently completed in Afghanistan provides a brighter future for Afghan children. The opening of the Sultan Rasia girls School in November 2002 heralds the liberty, education and empowerment of Afghan girls. [more]

Poland Chooses the F-16 “Fighting Falcon”

On December 27 ^th , 2002, the Government of Poland announced its selection of the F-16 Block 52 as its newest fighter aircraft. Poland’s decision to purchase forty-eight F-16 multi-role fighters, joining 23 other nations that fly the “Fighting Falcon,” opens many new avenues for U.S.-Polish cooperation. [more]

"Security Cooperation in a Post 9/11 World"

Lieutenant General Tome Walters, Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency will host an annual worldwide Security Cooperation Conference at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia 16-17 October, 2002. The theme of the conference is "Security Cooperation in a Post 9/11 World." 

The conference will include key note speaker, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage who plans to announce several new initiatives involving foreign military sales/export controls. The agenda also includes: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation President Dean Borgman; Bahrain's Ambassador Al-Kalifa; Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) Michael Wynne; Special Assistant for Homeland Security Peter Verga; and Associate Deputy Minister for Public Works and Government Services Canada, Michael Nurse. An "Enduring Freedom" update will be provided by Brigadier General Jeffrey Schloesser, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Captain T. L. McCreary, also from the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will discuss the war on terrorism from a Public Affairs perspective. 

Press are welcome. For further information, please contact Ms. Lorna Jons at 703-604-6618.

Security Cooperation Conference 2002

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s annual worldwide conference will be held in Alexandria, Virginia, October 16-17, 2002. This year’s day and a half long conference, with a theme of Security Cooperation In A Post 9/11 World, will showcase U.S. industry and government key decision makers’ views on the role of security cooperation in a changing world.  [Click here to register for the conference]

DSCA Facts Book 2001 (entering Deskbook) Published by Deputy for Financial Management Comptroller, DSCA.  The data in this publication regarding Foreign Military Sales Agreements and Deliveries portrays only sales and deliveries of defense articles and defense services.

Foreign Assistance Act (thru' 2000)
Arms Export Control Act (thru' 2000)

Legal School Turns 10

(Newport Naval Station, Rhode Island) A truly unique national security training center – the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) – celebrated its tenth anniversary on Friday, June 28th, 2002. [more]

First Denton Shipment to Afghanistan Provided by Duchess of York’s Charity

(Washington, DC) On 14 June, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency commemorated the first shipment of charitable aide to be transported to Afghanistan by the Department of Defense under the Denton program. [more]

Austria Fighter Replacement Decision in Final Phase

Washington, DC – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) awaits the outcome of Austria’s competition for a new fighter replacement aircraft to replace their aging Draken fleet. [more]

DoD Drops HDRs for Afghanis

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Humanitarian Affairs and Demining Division manages the Defense stockpile of Humanitarian Daily Rations.  Read more about the HDR here.

Customer Guide to the U.S. Security Assistance Programs

On December 7, 2001, Director DSCA approved a web-based Guide to U.S. Security Assistance Programs.  This reference tool includes a "how to" guide to help international customers prepare Foreign Military Sales Letters of Requests (LORs), checklists, and links to web sites that support the security assistance process. [more]

E-Learning Now Available with DISAM

DISAM inaugurated its first E-Learning course over the internet on January 11, 2002. The course, entitled the Security Assistance Management Orientation Course (SAM-OC), replaces DISAM's prototype Virtual Classroom with an official catalog course. This course is an ideal starting point for both military and civilian personnel, stationed overseas or in CONUS, who are new to security assistance and have not received resident training at DISAM. SAM-OC is roughly equivalent to the resident DISAM SAM-CO course, takes about 30 hours to complete, and concludes with an on-line test. We invite you to visit the new Distance Learning home page for details. [more]

Brazil Given Offer to Buy First-Line F-16 Fighters [more]

US Air Force General to Deliver Proposal for Fighters to Austria [more]

India Signs Agreement to Buy Firefinder Weapon Locating Radar

Security Cooperation Conference 2001

Strength Through Cooperation, DSCA's annual worldwide conference, was held September 26-27, 2001. This year's conference showcased key industry, customer, and government decision makers' views on the role of security cooperation in a changing world. It also highlighted the results of major reinvention initiatives. 
[Click here for photos]

Security Cooperation Conference 2001

Highlights from DSCA's Security Cooperation Conference 2001 are now on-line. Click here for the Agenda with links to key events and Foreign Military Sales reforms unveiled during the conference.

DSCA Deputy Director Announced

On 23 August 2001, DSCA Director General Tome Walters announced the selection of Richard J. Millies as the DSCA Deputy Director, replacing Arthur R. Keltz, who retired. [more]