USASAC UPDATE COL Catherine Lacina Chief of Staff United States Army Security Assistance Command 1
Why Security Assistance? One of the principal elements of the U.S. Foreign Policy Regulated by: FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT Executed by the Department of Defense under Department of State oversight Designed to promote regional stability Supports mutual goals and objectives 2
U.S. Army Organization for Security Assistance Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports & Cooperation Rosslyn, VA U.S. ARMY POLICY - MATERIEL - Army Materiel Command Ft. Belvoir, VA -MEDICAL - Office of the Surgeon General Washington, DC -ENGINEER - Corps of Engineers Washington, DC - TRAINING - Training & Doctrine Command Ft. Monroe, VA EXECUTION Security Assistance Command Ft. Belvoir, VA - CONUS TRAINING - Security Assistance Training Field Activity Ft. Monroe, VA - OCONUS TRAINING - Security Assistance Training Management Organization Ft. Bragg, NC LCMCs PEO/PMs SAMD IMMC Acquisition Centers Medical Management Activity Legend: Command Coordination / LOA Tasking 3
The Bottom Line: AMC Security Cooperation USASAC-Army Army s s Face To The World Managing 3791 cases with an undelivered value of $17.5B Total program value, $60B FY 94-04 AVG $3.6B annual sales FY 05/06 sales >$5B, FY 07 sales >$9B, FY 08 sales to date >$8.2B 119 Security Assistance Offices World Wide Army Army FMS is link to 140 47 47 Air FMS Air Forces, is a 26 link 26 Navies to 140 different Armies, Navies and and 26 26 other other country entities. 4
United States Army Security Assistance Command COMMANDING GENERAL BG Michael Terry OPM-SANG BG Tucker (Saudi Arabia) Principal Director Regional Opns COL Chris Iskra Director, IMO COL Luigi Biever Director Plans, Policy And Weapons COL Dave Dornblaser Director, Program Operations Directorate Russell Neydl DEPUTY TO THE COMMANDER Richard Alpaugh CHIEF OF STAFF COL Cathy Lacina Resource Management Cliff Crivello Information Management Garnetta Beal Security and Safety Walt Gibble SGS Dala Cassedy Building Management and Logistics (Belvoir) Charles Sims Management Office John Neil 5
Regional Operations Directorate Principal Director COL Christopher Iskra CENTCOM REGIONAL OPNS Mr. Carl Brieske PACOM REGIONAL OPNS Mr. Al Thomas EUCOM REGIONAL OPNS Ms. Jacqueline Williams SOUTHCOM REGIONAL OPNS Mr. Al Thomas (Acting) Core Competency of USASAC executed here Case Development Case Execution Case Closure Country Program Division Country Program Managers COCOM REGIONAL OPNS LNO Central Case Management Division Central Case Management Branch 6
The Sales Process Foreign Purchaser Needs State Defense MILDEPs President Congress USASAC LCMCs DLA Defense Industry USTRANSCOM 7
Customer Decisions What Kind How Many? Where Cost When = Needs Requirements Determination Team: Foreign Customer DASA DE&C MNSTC-I USASAC CSTC-A Industry Security Assistance Office LCMCs USASAC LNO Foreign LNO U.S. Munitions List Arms Export Control Act Act Non-U.S. Sources U.S. U.S. Commercial Export FMS 8
FMS Process Flow DoD Policy - </= 120 Days until LOA complete Letter of Request (LOR) Received Definitization Process Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) Issued Contract Award / Delivery Order Material Receipt by End User Material Ready For Delivery THE BIG PICTURE Typically materiel delivery is 250+ days from LOR 9
FMS Case Life Cycle End Use Monitoring AECA, AECA, 36(b) 36(b) Notification Notification Pre-LOR Pre-LOR Activities Activities LOR LOR LOA LOA Development Development LOA LOA Coordination Coordination And And Counter- Countersignature signature LOA LOA Offered Offered and and Accepted Accepted USASAC, SAMD, PEO/PM, DASA DE&C: Review for AECA, Section 36(b) applicability Waivers requested/approved/ disapproved Pricing Data collected USASAC, SAMD, DASA DE&C, PEO/PM, DSCA: LOR is validated Eligible Customer Resource Analysis Disclosure/Releasability Total Package Approach Waiver Requirements EUM Diversion determination DSCA, USASAC, SAMD: Ensure LOR requirements met Pricing elements reviewed for all costs Compliance with SAMM Policy Approval of LOA content USASAC, DFAS: Prepares cover letter & offers LOA to country LOA accepted by country Initial deposit received 10
FMS Case Life Cycle End Use Monitoring Active Case Reconciliation SSC Reconciliation LOA LOA Implementation Implementation Case Case Execution Execution Including Including Amendments Amendments & Modifications Modifications Case Case Closure Closure DFAS, USASAC: Implements LOA in all data bases Establishes obligational authority USASAC Issues requisitions Process status and billing transactions Ensures on time, within cost deliveries SAMD, IMMC, PEO/PM, SDDC Receives requisitions Ships from stock Coordinates with acquisition center or industry Coordinates transportation Materiel Delivery Line Closure Acquisition Center Awards Contact Processes progress payments Closes contract USASAC, CFLCC, MNSTC-I, CSTC-A Materiel receipt in theater EUM by SAO, country USASAC, DFAS Closure certificate prepared Processes final billing Case is closed 11
AMC Security Cooperation Team SAMD-JMC SAMD-JMC SAMD-TACOM SAMD-AMCOM PACOM Liaison SAMD-CECOM Saudi Arabia (PM SANG) SOUTHCOM Liaison Afghanistan Liaison Iraq Liaison USASAC --Ft Belvoir Belvoir -- New New Cumberland -- St. St. Louis Louis -- Saudi Saudi Arabia Arabia Liaison Liaison Officers Officers with with COCOM s EUCOM Liaison 12
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Support to Coalition Forces Poland United Kingdom PMND Canada Denmark Pakistan The Baltic's Philippines El Salvador Wheeled and Tracked Vehicles Vehicle Spare Parts Night Vision Devices & GPS Communications Equipment Ammunition and Explosives Parachutes UAVs Apache Support Small Arms Vaccines CH-47 Spares Javelin Support Equipment Air Warrior Air Crew Ensemble Missile Warning System Clothing & Support AH-1 Refurbishment M109A5 refurbishment Counter-Terrorism Equipment SEEBRIG Netherlands Australia Croatia New Zealand Czech Republic Romania Fiji (PMND) Tonga 15
Military Sales Policies The President certifies eligible countries The relationship with the purchasing country is crucial The U.S. desires more than just a simple seller and buyer relationship Each sale is made in accordance with the policies and strategic interests of the U.S. Government The U.S. Government will neither make nor lose money DoD promotes the acquisition of standard service configuration U.S. industry does the marketing The U.S. Government has no preference between military sales and commercial sales The U.S. Armed Forces have priority Material is either shipped from U.S. Government stocks or from production Our goal is to field a total package and promote self-sufficiency 16
Security Assistance in Support of US Army Objectives How can we leverage FMS to help sustain critical product lines to surge production capability quickly to meet sudden warfighter requirements? Institutional Army Task Force task from VCSA to facilitate Interoperability with allied and coalition partners and supported U.S. national security interests (Political, Military, Economic ) Specified task Foreign Military Sales (ST-FMS) Army Campaign Plan Task proactive Engagement.COCOM focus Gen Griffin, AMC Commander A collaborative Partnership with USASAC, the Army Acquisition Community, and the Defense Industry 17