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What does a Foreign Military Sales case manager do?
The title differs by organization — Country Manager, Command Country Manager, Program Manager and others — but all perform case management, with a role in each major element of the case: acquisition, programming, logistics and finance.
What does a Foreign Military Sales case manager do?
References
SAMM
- SAMM C2.2.1.1
- SAMM C2.2.4 — Authority.
- SAMM C2.2.3 — Accountability.
Related
Security Assistance (SA)
A group of programs authorized by federal statutes by which the United States provides defense articles, military training, and other defense-related services by grant, lease, loan, credit, or cash sales in furtherance of national policies and objectives, and those that are funded and authorized through the Department of State to be administered by Department of Defense/Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which are considered part of security cooperation.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
LOA — Letter of Offer and Acceptance
SAMM Acronyms, as of 12 September 2026
Implementing Agency (IA)
The military department or defense agency responsible for the execution of military assistance programs. With respect to FMS, the military department or defense agency assigned responsibility by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to prepare an LOA and to implement an FMS case. The implementing agency is responsible for the overall management of the actions that will result in delivery of the materials or services set forth in the LOA that was accepted by a foreign country or international organization.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
DSAMS — Defense Security Assistance Management System
SAMM Acronyms, as of 12 September 2026
Glossary entry →Defense Security Assistance Management Systems (DSAMS) →
FMS — Foreign Military Sale
SAMM Acronyms, as of 12 September 2026
Military Department (MILDEP)
One of the departments within the DoD created by the National Security Act of 1947, as amended. The Military Departments are: the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Army, and the Department of the Navy.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026