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Military
assistance is an integral part of the U.S. peacetime engagement strategy and
directly contributes to American national security and foreign policy
objectives. The principal
components of the military assistance programs are Foreign
Military Sales (FMS), Foreign
Military Financing (FMF), International Training Programs,
and transfers of
Excess Defense Articles (EDA).
Drawdowns of
defense assets, directed by the President in response to urgent
requirements, are also administered under the auspices of the military
assistance program. All
components of the military assistance program enable friends and allies to
acquire U.S. equipment, services, and training for the legitimate
self-defense and for participation in multinational security efforts.
Ongoing
military assistance efforts support the primary foreign policy goals of
safeguarding American security, building American prosperity. By enhancing the capabilities of U.S. friends and allies to address
conflicts, humanitarian assistance due to crisis, humanitarian
demining, and natural disasters, it is less likely that
American forces will be called upon to respond to regional problems. Strengthening deterrence, encouraging defense responsibility sharing
among allies and friends, supporting U.S. readiness, and increasing
interoperability between coalition partners through the transfer of defense
equipment and training help security partners defense against aggression and
strengthen their ability to fight alongside U.S. forces in coalition
efforts. Therefore, when
American involvement becomes necessary, these programs help to ensure that
foreign militaries can work more efficiently with ours rather than be
hobbled by mismatched equipment, communications, and doctrine.
To date DSCA has been involved in both a Strategic
Planning effort as well as a Security Cooperation Reinvention effort. Our
internal strategic planning
effort was launched in response to DoD's efforts to comply with the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). To
support the DoD GPRA efforts the Deputy Secretary of Defense issued a Defense
Reform Initiative (DRI) directive to create performance contracts for all
defense agencies. Measurable performance
objectives, linked to the strategic planning goals, are the basis for the
performance contracts between the Director, DSCA and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. The
contract will be included as
part of the Agency's annual program objective memorandum (POM)
submission.
Measurable performance objectives, linked
to the strategic plan goals have been developed and are the basis for the
performance contract between the Director, DSCA and the Deputy Secretary of
Defense.
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