Oct. 27, 2021
ISG Wins Third Secretary of Defense Maintenance Award
The Institute for Security Governance (ISG) was awarded the 2021 Secretary of Defense Award for Sustainment Training, Advice, and Assistance of Foreign Military Forces for the third year in a row. ISG’s Colombia Project Team, working side-by-side with the Colombian defense and security sector logistics enterprise, facilitated the development and ongoing implementation of the Ministry of National Defense’s logistics modernization plan, setting the conditions for enhanced Colombian logistics interoperability with the US Department of Defense and with NATO.
Aug. 9, 2021
Georgia National Guard partners with Marietta Fire Department to train country of Georgia
The Marietta, Ga. Fire Department traveled to the country of Georgia, located in the Black Sea Region, to partner and train Georgian Emergency Management Services in Swift-Water Rescue techniques at Borjomi, Georgia, from July 26 to August 6, 2021. The course trains students in lifesaving methods in a flood or swift waters caused by heavy rains, hurricanes, or other natural disasters.
May 17, 2021
Guatemala, Arkansas National Guard partnership growing together
North Little Rock, Ark. — The Arkansas National Guard and its State Partnership Program counterpart, Guatemala, resumed face-to-face exchanges May 12-15 here after a year of virtual exchanges due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Led by Maj. Gen. Walfre Omar Carranza Espana, the Guatemalan chief of defense, the six-person delegation toured Arkansas National Guard facilities at Robinson Maneuver Training Center in North Little Rock, Ark., and the 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Ark.
April 14, 2021
U.S. government funds COVID-19 isolation clinics across Botswana
The United States government through the Department of Defense’s Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) provided P18.7 million to build COVID-19 isolation clinics across Botswana. This Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) funded project is aimed at strengthening Botswana’s COVID-19 response.
Dec. 10, 2020
Officials Describe How Arms Sales Benefit the U.S., Partners
Officials today announced the fiscal year 2020 arms transfer figures and other Defense and State Department security assistance and cooperation accomplishments and statistics.
Sept. 26, 2019
New Defense School to Educate, Certify Security Cooperation Professionals
Defense officials — including John C. Rood, undersecretary of defense for policy, and Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency — attended a ribbon cutting ceremony near the Pentagon today to officially open the new DSCU's doors.
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