Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Armed ForcesUnited States201-500 Employees

The mission of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) is to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by building the capacity of foreign security forces to respond to shared challenges.  DSCA leads the broader U.S. security cooperation enterprise in its efforts to train, educate, advise, and equip foreign partners.

DSCA administers security cooperation programs that support U.S. policy interests and objectives identified by the White House, Department of Defense, and Department of State. These objectives include developing specific partner capabilities, building alliances and partnerships, and facilitating U.S. access.

DSCA integrates security cooperation activities in support of a whole-of-government approach; provides execution guidance to DoD entities that implement security cooperation programs; exercises financial and program management for the Foreign Military Sales system and many other security cooperation programs; and educates and provides for the long-term development of the security cooperation workforce.

Programs-at-a-glance include:

•	Foreign Military Sales (FMS) 
•	Foreign Military Financing (FMF) 
•	Institutional Capacity Building (ICB)
•	International Military Education and Training (IMET) 
•	Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief and Mine Action (HDM)

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For more information on DSCA, e-mail: dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@mail.mil

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