Train, equip and sustain foreign national security forces for enumerated missions
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Security cooperation
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense with Secretary of State concurrence; DSCA administers subject to lawful designations.
- Executor · routing lead
- DSCA-designated implementing agency; Army DASA(DE&C)/USASAC; Navy NIPO and systems commands; Air Force SAF/IA and implementing program offices as applicable
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Joint Defense-State development/planning and coordinated implementation.
Required human-rights, law-of-armed-conflict, rule-of-law/civilian-control and institutional-capacity elements and certifications.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Sole source: O&M, Defense-wide amounts available to DSCA for these programs.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Limited statutory mission menu; not unrestricted economic aid.
- Other legal prohibitions remain; extended sustainment beyond five years needs added justification/transition information.
- Construction above statutory reporting threshold needs project details and masterplan.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.