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Department of Defense Directive: DoD policy and responsibilities relating to security cooperation.

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[The following DoDD, published and effective 24 October 2008, provides policy for all DoD Security Cooperation activities, as well as articulating the broad general responsibilities at the most senior levels within DoD. One significant change to note is that the in-country/OCONUS offices previously referred to as Security Assistance Offices (SAOs) have been changed to Security Cooperation Organizations (SCOs). The Directive appears in its entirety minus document page numbers.]

Department of Defense

DIRECTIVE

NUMBER 5132.03

October 24, 2008

SUBJECT: DoD Policy and Responsibilities Relating to Security Cooperation

References: See Enclosure 1

1. PURPOSE. This Directive:

a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 5132.3 (Reference (a)) and is in accordance with DoDD 2055.3 (Reference (b)).

b. Establishes DoD policy and assigns responsibilities under the Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF), Guidance for the Development of the Force, and titles 10 and 22 of the United States Code (U.S.C.)(References (c), (d), (e), and (1), respectively), and statutory authorities, Executive orders, and policies relating to the administration of security cooperation, including security assistance.

2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary.

4. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:

a. Security cooperation, which includes DoD-administered security assistance programs, is an important tool of national security and foreign policy and is an integral element of the DoD mission. Security cooperation activities shall be planned, programmed, budgeted, and executed with the same high degree of attention and efficiency as other integral DoD activities. Security cooperation requirements shall be combined with other DoD requirements and implemented through standard DoD systems, facilities, and procedures.

b. Security cooperation planners shall take into account the economic capabilities of the foreign country concerned. Except in cases of overriding military considerations, an improvement of military capabilities that the partner country cannot or will not support, safeguard, or sustain shall be discouraged.

c. Security cooperation planners shall consider complementary U.S. Government activities and shall coordinate as appropriate.

d. No DoD civilian or military personnel shall make any commitment involving future U.S. programs, performance, or the availability of U.S. resources without appropriate Governmental clearances and satisfactory assurances that such commitments can be met and are in the best interest of the United States, per Reference (b) and the Presidential Memorandum (Reference (g)).

e. The selection and training of U.S. DoD personnel engaged in security cooperation activities, particularly those assigned to security cooperation organizations (SCOs) and Defense attach6 (DATT) offices, shall be in accordance with DoD 5105.38-M (Reference (h)).

f. The security classification of security cooperation information and the disclosure and safeguarding thereof shall be consistent with DoD 5200. l-R, DoDD 5230.11, and the National Disclosure Policy (References (i), (j), and (k), respectively).

5. RESPONSIBILITIES. See Enclosure 2.

6. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. The reporting requirements...

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