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How is an international military training program planned?

Updated 27 September 2026Checked against the SAMM: 26 September 2026

Each year the office, with the partner nation, writes a setting out the country's training goals and requests for the and the planning year. The reviews it and hosts a , where the Department of State, and the military services' training activities review and approve the requests. Approved training is programmed and tracked on the country's .

How is an international military training program planned?

Each annually hosts a , usually between the months of March and May, to project requirements for the (the next fiscal year) and the planning year (the fiscal year following the ). training managers attending these reviews present all training program requirements on behalf of the host nation and must be prepared to justify all requests in accordance with the and DOS guidance. Representatives from agencies responsible for international training within the DOS, , and the military service training activities attend the to review and approve country training program requests and to initiate programming and allocation actions for approved training courses. Projected training is addressed as needed during the , as well as other programs such as, RDFP and Regional Center events. In preparing for the , the puts together a outlining the international military training goals, objectives, and justifications for requests for the next two years. The is reviewed initially by the and is reviewed again during the .

After discussions with host nation personnel, but prior to the , each completes a , which must be approved by the . The contains the U.S. and host nation goals and objectives of the country’s training program for the next two years. It also provides justifications for the training programs, which are intended to be executed within the next two years.

The DOS and other appropriate DoW organizations can access the to review each country’s training goals and plans. This document provides vital information to ensure that military service training activities have all the information needed to plan and execute country-specific training programs as well as prepare U.S. senior leaders for discussions with international countries regarding their training programs. The will provide directions to the as to when the must be updated and turned in.

The is a list of all training that a country has requested and the status of that request. It also contains information such as training dates, locations, and prices. Training requests are entered into the Defense Management System-Training Module (DSAMS-TM) by , , , USASAC, TECOM and . Once the training has been entered into DSAMS-TM, it will appear on the report in , as well as in the Security Cooperation-Training Management System () used by and . Individual training tracks are identified on the by combining the two-character country code, one-character , three-character case ID, three-character case line, and four-character worksheet control number () (i.e., the training track identifier can be constructed as CC-IA-CaseIDCaseLine-WCN. An example would be BN-B-22I001-2405). Sequential training programmed for the same IMS is indicated by adding an alphabetic suffix to the end of the (such as A, B, C and so forth) and is commonly referred to as a training line. Therefore, a training track can consist of one or more training lines. The consolidation of all requested training is identified on the .

Each military service training activity then coordinates the training request to confirm quotas and schedule report start and end dates of the course(s).

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