The Security Cooperation Process: Assignment, Vetting, and Screening of International Participants

Abstract

Security Cooperation, or SC, comprises all activities undertaken by the Department of Defense (DOD) to encourage and enable international partners to work with the United States to achieve strategic objectives. It includes all DOD interactions with foreign defense and security establishments, including all DOD-administered Security Assistance (SA) programs, that build defense and security relationships; promote specific U.S. security interests, including all international armaments cooperation activities and SA activities; develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and multinational operations; and provide U.S. forces with peacetime and contingency access to host nations. Education and training opportunities for international students make up an important part of SC. This technical report explains the importance of SC, how students are selected, and the processes for vetting and screening international students before they arrive in the U.S.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1118306

Entities

People

  • Peter D Bertelsen

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Cooperation
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Education
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Instructions
  • Medical Examination
  • Medical Screening
  • Military Capabilities
  • Peacetime
  • Public Health
  • Security
  • Students
  • Training
  • Training Management
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.