DISAM Journal articles from December 2001

DISAM Journal archives from December 2001

The DISAM journal of international security assistance management.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
December 22, 2001... The War on Terrorism is impacting the entire community, and Security Cooperation is playing a key role in the successes that we're achieving. Keep up the great work throughout the field! This Journal's feature article is on the U.S. Coast...

The United States Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System: Creating opportunities for enhanced interoperability with America's friends and allies. (Feature Article).
December 22, 2001... The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 tragically underscored the importance of international engagement to the United States and, indeed, our partners throughout the world. As rescuers rushed to save people trapped in the World Trade...

International Maritime Officers School: Future coalitions fostered today.
December 22, 2001... Commander Patrick (Kofi) Aboagye Steaming independently but under the operational control of the Sixth Fleet's Enterprise Baffle Group and Command Destroyer Group 18, USCGC LEGARE sailed the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas from May through...

Fiscal year 2002 security assistance legislation. (Legislation and Policy).
December 22, 2001... Introduction Each year, the DISAM Journal publishes a summary and analysis of the legislation that impacts our security assistance and related programs. In this issue, we present the eighteenth in a series of annual studies of the major...

Globalization of export controls and Sanctions.
December 22, 2001... [The following are excerpts from the speech Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr. presented to the 14th Annual Export Controls Conference held in London, England, November 7, 2001.] For quite some time, I have been looking forward to engaging in...

Performance based udgeting and performance based costing.
December 22, 2001... Introduction In its lead article of December 15, 2000, the Federal Financial Management News indicated that, in the upcoming years, "performance-based government" would be a central element with the Congress and the new Bush...

Reinvention: Transforming FMS for the 21st century. (Perspectives).(foreign military sales)(Transcript)
December 22, 2001... [The following is an excerpt of the speech given at the 2001 Defense Security Cooperation Agency Conference, September 26, 2001.] Ten initiatives listed below have been introduced to improve the foreign military sales (FMS) process for our...

Strength Through Cooperation: A customer perspective.(Transcript)
December 22, 2001... [The following is an excerpt of a speech given at the 2001 Defense Security Cooperation Agency Conference, September 26, 2001.] Before I will speak about some aspects of the subject of this DSCA conference allow me to dwell for a few...

Industry's contribution to the 2001 strength through cooperation conference.(attack on America, 2001, aftermath)(Transcript)
December 22, 2001... [The following is an excerpt of a speech given at the 2001 Defense Security Cooperation Agency Conference, September 26, 2001.] Like all of you, I witnessed the tragic events of September 11,2001 and have been following the subsequent...

Speech Presented to the 2001 strength through Cooperation Conference.(Defense Security Cooperation Agency Conference)(Transcript)
December 22, 2001... [The following are excerpts of a speech given at the 2001 Defense Security Cooperation Agency Conference, September 26, 2001.] It means a lot to me to be with my Defense colleagues, for obvious reasons. I consider it a high honor to appear...

Business process integrated process team reports successful results.
December 22, 2001... In May 1998, the Deputy Secretary of Defense directed that efforts be undertaken to reinvent the foreign military sales (FMS) process. Since then, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has developed a number of initiatives designed to...

How an International Logistics Control Office goes to War.
December 22, 2001... Introduction The purpose of this study is to serve as a guide for the military departments' (MILDEPs) International Logistics Control Offices (ILCOs) to follow when coalition defense operations involving U.S. Forces and military forces of...

The Army foreign area officer in security assistance.
December 22, 2001... Introduction Military security assistance officers (SAOs) make up the majority of U.S. security assistance personnel stationed in embassies around the world. Almost every nation with which the U.S. has a security assistance relationship...

The value of military industrial offsets.
December 22, 2001... Introduction Kremer and Sain acknowledge there are differences among authors on the definition of military industrial offsets. They have identified at least three common elements among them. First, offsets are compensation in a...

Foreign students learn logistics data management. (Education and Training).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Battle Creek, Michigan is fostering the use of multinational coalitions for peacekeeping and has given cooperative logistics a prominent role. A cornerstone for supporting such forces is the interoperability between North Atlantic Treaty...

WebLINK-International.(net site of the Defense Logistics Agency)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... The Unified Commands have emphasized that the United States very rarely acts on a unilateral basis. Today's operations are conducted as part of an international coalition. The Unified Commands have thus identified the requirement that...

The SAN International Military Student Officer web site: Student Management with a web browser.
December 22, 2001... The Security Assistance Network (SAN) International Military Student Officer (IMSO) web is a database driven; browser based web site running on the SAN that is designed to assist the IMSO with the management of training international students....

Security assistance training now on line.
December 22, 2001... Introduction Beginning in January, DISAM greatly expanded its training interface with the user community with the introduction of an internet-based course on the fundamentals of security assistance. Known as the Security Assistance...

Meeting customer requirements: DISAM offers tailored on-sites and Mobile Education Teams.
December 22, 2001... DISAM has long provided tailored instruction to domestic and international customers in a variety of security assistance subjects. As the international customer base continues to expand, we have found the levels of experience and the needs of...

Defense Institute of International Legal Studies awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. (Security Assistance Community).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... On Thursday, 8 November 2001, Mr. Richard Millies, Deputy Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), traveled to Newport, RI to present the Joint Meritorious Unit Award (JMUA) to the staff of the Defense Institute of International...