Purpose:
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Educate and train mid- and senior-level partner defense and security officials
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Build and strengthen a global network of Combating Terrorism (CbT) and Irregular Warfare (IW) experts and practitioners at the operational and strategic levels
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Build and reinforce the CbT and IW capabilities of partner nations through operational and strategic level education
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Contribute to efforts to counter ideological support to terrorism
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Provide a flexible and proactive program to respond to emerging CbT and IW requirements
Who:
Program oversight and prioritization is performed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism (DASD SO/LIC-CT)
Program management is performed by DSCA
Criteria for program event funding are approved by SO/LIC and managed by DSCA
Funding:
Annual appropriation