Office of Defense Cooperation

Programs Overview

Security Assistance

• Manage Security Assistance and Foreign Military Sales Administration issues between U.S. Department of Defense and Czech Ministry of Defense
• Administer U.S. Security Assistance Training Programs (SATP)
• Assist in processing visit request and security clearance verifications for U.S. government personnel
• Direct and manage the International Military Education and Training (IMET) grant program, as part of the SATP
• Direct and manage the Foreign Military Financing Program, grants and loans

 

Industrial Cooperation

• Act as the U.S. Embassy focal point for U.S. Defense Industry
• Provide publishable defense information about the U.S. Government on:

1. Budgetary cycle/limitations
2. National Decision Making Process
3. National Security Priorities
4. Defense industrial environment
5. National defense procurement process to include offset requirements, political factors and the acquisition process

• Assist Czech and American industry representatives with Department of Defense/Ministry of Defense contacts and appointments

 

Humanitarian Assistance

Act as executor and focal point for:

1. Humanitarian and Civic Assistance
2. Excess Property
3. The Denton Program
4. Foreign Disaster Relief