Security Assistance Programs and Offices of Defense Cooperation

U.S. European Command builds partner capacity by executing security assistance and security cooperation programs using our 44 Offices of Defense Cooperation who work with their respective host nations, in close partnership with U.S. Embassy country team and under the direction of the U.S. Ambassador.

Security assistance and cooperation includes, but is not limited to, foreign military sales of U.S. defense equipment, services and training, the management of the Foreign Military Financing, International Military Education and Training grant funding, the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program, section 1206/1207 funding, the Global Peace Operations Initiative, Counter-Threat Reduction and Warsaw Initiative Funding.

Additionally, these offices oversee military-to-military programs and play a key role in the State Partnership Program - an initiative that partners countries with states within the U.S.

Within the framework of the Ambassador's Mission Performance Plan and the command's Theater Security Strategy, these offices strengthen bilateral security relationships, enhance partner capacity and promote effective civil-military relations.