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[The following is a feature added to the Journal "Education and Training" section which provides our readership insight into some of the more globally applicable questions and answers which we have received through our web site http://www.disam.dsca.mil/Research/Ask_Instructor/askinstructor.asp). We hope you find it useful, and solicit your feedback on both this article and the utility of the "Ask an Instructor" program managed by DISAM. Questions and answers may be changed or edited to suit the Journal and its readership.]

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How does a nation turn Foreign Military Sales (FMS) supplied hardware in to the Defense Reutilization Management Office (DRMO) when said equipment is no longer required? The Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM) reference is below, but it is not specific, we require more detail. See SAMM C8.6.2. Disposal. A key aspect of end-use monitoring (EUM) is the development of a disposal plan by the host nation in coordination with the Security Cooperation Office (SCO). Disposal constitutes a change in end-use for which prior consent from the DOS is required for United States Munitions List (USML) items that are not being disposed of by a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO). After a non-USML item has been demilitarized (in accordance with U.S. standards) if necessary, it is no longer a defense article and may be disposed of without DoS approval unless the item was provided on a grant basis by the USG, in which case it would require DoS authorization prior to disposal. This also applies to scrap (Condition Code S) items. However, transfer of USML items to a private entity, even if demilitarized, requires prior approval from the DoS, even for disposal by scrapping. Because the potential for unauthorized disclosure of classified or sensitive information, safety concerns, and other factors vary among countries: the...

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