Introduction The United States Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) – “The Army’s Face to the World”, implements security assistance programmes, including Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of defence articles and services to eligible foreign governments. For example, the USASAC helped provide Iraq with weapons and ammunition, including Hellfire missiles after Iraq had requested them the US… Read More
Introduction United States Security Assistance Organisations (SAOs) are Federal Government of the United States military and civilian personnel stationed in foreign countries to manage security assistance and other military programmes. SAOs are closest to these programmes’ operation and have the closest contact with host-country militaries. Refer to International Military Education and Training Programme and US… Read More
Introduction The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is an agency within the United States Department of State that bridges the Department of State with the Department of Defence. It provides policy in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations, defence strategy and policy, military use of space, and defence trade. It is headed by… Read More
Introduction International Military Education and Training (IMET) is the title of a United States security assistance programme, a type of student exchange programme. Refer to Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Security Assistance Organisations and US Army Security Assistance Command. Brief History Congress established the IMET programme in the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act… Read More
Introduction Combat support agency (CSA) is a designation by the United States Department of Defence (DoD) of those defence agencies that provide department-level and tactical support to the US military during combat operations. Background The designation was first outlined by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defence Reorganisation Act of 1986, with subsequent additions based on the… Read More
Introduction Executive Order 9981 was issued on 26 July 1948, by President Harry S. Truman. This executive order abolished discrimination “on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin” in the United States Armed Forces, and led to the re-integration of the services during the Korean War (1950-1953). It was a crucial event in… Read More
Introduction The US military has had a long association with the UK, retaining a range of military bases and personnel since World War II. What are the Locations of Military Bases and Installations Operated by the US Military? RAF Mildenhall: Suffolk, UK. RAF Lakenheath: Suffolk, UK. RAF Feltwell: Norfolk, UK. RAF Alconbury: Cambridgeshire, UK. RAF… Read More
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