Exchange defense personnel and pay eligible foreign-partner liaison/travel expenses
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Security cooperation
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense; specific request/coordination requirements vary.
- Executor · routing lead
- Service personnel/international offices; Host headquarters support and travel offices
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Exchange acceptable to parties; State concurrence for specified non-defense/international organizations and foreign-industry R&D assignment.
Normally each government pays its own personnel, with specified host costs excepted.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Available eligible funds and travel ceilings; §312 liaison annual monetary limit applies.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
No oath of allegiance or official capacity in host government under §311.
- Liaison support, UN Command expenses and Colombia training expenses are bounded categories, not generalized gifts.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram-specific
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.