Pay for combined training and exercises and partner incremental expenses
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Security cooperation
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Military Department Secretary or combatant commander for §321 payments; designated combatant commanders for §322, within SecDef-approved procedures.
- Executor · routing lead
- Service units and exercise contracting/support offices; USSOCOM/theater special operations commands for §322
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Primary purpose is training U.S. forces (SOF for §322).
Partner incremental-expense eligibility; developing-country restrictions/exception under §321 regulations.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
§321 allows covered activities spanning into next fiscal year; check actual funds.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not substitute for §333 partner-capacity assistance where principal purpose differs.
- FY26 law removed general-purpose-force military-only restriction but retained comparable-function national-security-force qualification.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingScale documented
Assigned rolesRemit sourced
EngagementRoutes published
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.