Foreign Military Sales Regional Desk Officer (Army)

Activities undertaken by the DoD to encourage and enable international partners to work with the United States to achieve strategic objectives. It includes all DoD interactions with foreign defense and security establishments, including all DoD-administered security assistance programs, that: build defense and security relationships that promote specific U.S. security interests, including all international armaments cooperation activities and security assistance activities; develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and multinational operations; and provide U.S. forces with peacetime and contingency access to host nations.

The capability of U.S. industry to respond to the needs of and produce end items for DoD. Also, that part of the total privately-owned and government-owned industrial production and maintenance capacity located in Canada expected to be available during emergencies to manufacture and repair items required by the U.S. military services.

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.

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.

A process, authorized by the Arms Export Control Act, through which eligible foreign governments and international organizations may purchase defense articles, services, and training from the United States Government.

Pursuant to 22 USC 2767, authorizes and facilitates the identification, advancement, and implementation of DoD's:

Cooperative research, development, testing, and evaluation of defense technologies, systems, or equipment;

Joint production, sustainment and follow-on development of defense articles; and

Procurement of foreign technology, equipment, systems or logistics support solutions that uniquely meet U.S. needs.

U.S. territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within the North American continent between Canada and Mexico. Does not include Hawaii or Alaska.

Those costs associated with transportation, baggage, and living allowances of International Military Students, which are authorized for payment under Security Assistance and Security Cooperation training programs. See also "Living Allowance" and "Travel Allowance."