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Feb. 23, 2022

The Arctic in transition: Energy, resilience & national security

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Transatlantic Security Initiative, within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, virtually on Tuesday, February 8, from 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm ET for a discussion on the energy, resilience, and national security challenges in the Arctic region.

Feb. 23, 2022

U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Arrives in Bogoso-Apiate

Apiate, Western Region, Ghana – The U.S. Embassy together with Ghana’s National Disaster Management Office (NADMO) delivered urgently needed humanitarian relief supplies to the Apiate community near Bogoso yesterday.  The U.S. Department of Defense’s Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster Assistance, and Civic Aid program funded the supplies, including clothing, medical supplies, drinking water, blankets and mattresses, personal hygiene items, and food and cooking utensils.

Feb. 23, 2022

United States Turns Over Boat Facility to Philippine Marine Corps

Manila, Philippines, February 14, 2022 - On February 10, the United States turned over a newly constructed assault boat pier and maintenance bay facility in Ternate, Cavite to the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) as part of a small-scale construction Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grant. 

Feb. 11, 2022

United States Turns Over Four Cessna Planes to Philippine Navy

Manila, Philippines, February 11, 2022 — On February 10, the United States turned over four Cessna 172 Skylark planes to the Philippine Naval Air Wing based in Sangley Point, Cavite as part of a Php298.1 million ($5.8 million) grant under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program. 

Jan. 14, 2022

U.S. Ambassador-in-Residence Will Bring Diplomatic Experience, Perspective to Marshall Center Team

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Jan. 14, 2022) – The U.S. State Department’s Ambassador Eric Nelson will be appointed as an Associate Director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in early 2022.  As an Ambassador-in-Residence, Nelson will contribute a Department of State perspective to the Marshall Center’s mission to Educate, Engage and Empower security partners and leaders to collectively affect regional, transnational, and global challenges.

Jan. 4, 2022

James A. Hursch Appointed as Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announces that Mr. James A. Hursch, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, has been appointed as the new DSCA Director, effective January 2, 2022. 

Jan. 4, 2022

Mr. James A. Hursch - DSCA Director's Message

A message from DSCA's new Director James Hursch

Dec. 22, 2021

Fiscal Year 2021 Security Cooperation Figures

December 22, 2021 - The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs announce the Fiscal Year 2021 U.S. arms sales figures, as well as other notable Defense and State Department statistics, highlighting the depth and breadth of U.S. Security Cooperation and Security Assistance efforts worldwide. 

Dec. 7, 2021

70th Annual Operation Christmas Drop kicks off Dec. 6 in Guam

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - U.S. and partner nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian assistance training mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, beginning Dec. 6 ChST. Operation Christmas Drop, or OCD, is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and delivering food, tools and clothing to more than 55 remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

Dec. 1, 2021

A message from Dr. Celeste Ward Gventer, new DSCU President

A letter from DSCU President Dr. Celeste Gventer to her security cooperation colleagues.

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