Who manages international military training in each U.S. military service?

The six military service training activities are as follows:

1. The Air Force Security Assistance Training (AFSAT) Squadron, Air Education and Training Command (AETC), at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas

2. The Army Security Assistance Training Field Activity (SATFA), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), at Fort Eustis, Virginia

3. The Security Assistance Training Management Organization (SATMO), U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC), at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

4. The Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA), Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), at Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida

5. The U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM) – Security Assistance Branch

6. The Coast Guard Director of International Affairs & Foreign Policy (CG-DCO-I) in Washington DC

Each of the training activities listed above is charged with planning and executing the SA and SC programs for its service. They manage all aspects of international training. Specifically, they program requested training, consolidate training requirements, and obtain and confirm course quotas. In addition, AFSAT, SATFA, and NETSAFA have been delegated MILDEP responsibilities for financial processes in funding training functions under SA and SC. NETSAFA performs this function for all maritime services (Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard).

United States Air Force, Air Force Security Assistance Training Squadron. AFSAT, as a component of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), is the USAF’s executive agent for all USAF-sponsored international training. AFSAT is charged with the following:

• Implementing all approved and funded USAF CONUS international training
• Monitoring the progress of training and the welfare of all USAF-sponsored IMS
• Supervising IMS administration and movement
• Sourcing and managing USAF Mobile Training Teams (MTT) and Mobile Education Teams (MET) that provide OCONUS training as required by country needs/requests
• Administering and accounting for international training funds allocated for the training, administration, and support of IMS in CONUS and for MTTs furnished from USAF CONUS resources
• Providing guidance for the implementation of the Field Studies Program (FSP) for all USAF IMS in CONUS, approving fund estimates, and providing funds to support all USAF FSP activities

United States Army, Security Assistance Training Field Activity. SATFA, in the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training, G-3/5/7, at HQ, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), is responsible for brokering U.S. Army-managed institutional training and PME solutions for country SCETP requirements across the various SC programs. This includes the central financial management and distribution of SC program funds to those Army CONUS activities executing training and PME for Army-sponsored IMS. SATFA’s primary SCETP responsibilities include the following:

• Serves, in coordination with the Army Senior Security Assistance Training Specialist at DASA (DE&C), as the primary point of contact for all Army institutional training and Professional Military Education (PME) conducted under any SC authority
• Manages (programming through closure) valid country/program international training and PME requirements, by SC program, within U.S. Army CONUS institutional training requirements and resourcing processes
• Coordinates with U.S. Army training providers for the development of unique training to support the specific requirements of an FMS-purchased equipment/system that best meets the needs of the country
• Develops course costs annually for inclusion in the Army Training Military Articles and Services List (T-MASL)
• Provides guidance and direction to Army training activity International Military Student Offices (IMSO) and their leadership pertaining to any aspect of SCETP execution to include the U.S. Field Studies Program (FSP)
• Coordinates with DLIELC for validated language laboratory requirements funded by U.S. Grant Programs that will be executed by the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM)

United States Navy, Naval Education, and Training Security Assistance Field Activity. NETSAFA implements three separate but interrelated functions as the principal support and coordination activity for Navy training.

First, NETSAFA is the single point of contact between SCOs and USN training. In this role, NETSAFA has the lead in programming all USN-related training. It identifies available USN training programs to meet foreign training requirements, including reviewing Navy training plans, and maintaining an interface with the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations N1 (Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education) Community Managers to obtain training quotas. It oversees the submission of Navy course classified data to Navy IPO for release authority.

Second, NETSAFA is the chief agent for Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) for SA/SC. In this role, NETSAFA is responsible for managing international shore-based education and training conducted at Navy Education and Training Command activities.