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Case identifier decoder
Type a to see what each part stands for: the customer code, the and the case designator, each read against the manual's own tables.
Estimate only — the governs. This decoder reads the manual's published code tables; it looks up no real case, and nothing typed here leaves the browser.
The case identifier on the sample LOA in SAMM Figure C5.F8, BN-Q-SEH, read as its three parts. Bandaria is the manual's fictional training country; the figures are the SAMM's example, not a real case. The same identifier heads the first page and closes every page of the LOA.
The glossary definition
A unique six-digit identifier assigned to an Foreign Military Sales case for the purpose of identification, accounting, and data processing of each Letter of Offer and Acceptance. The case identifier consists of the two-letter country code, a one-letter designator for the Implementing Agency, and a three-letter case designator. SAMM Glossary
Sources
Every code, name and rule above is read from these units at build time; nothing is typed by hand.
- SAMM C10.F1 — Sample Combined Education and Training Program Plan
- SAMM C15.3.4 — Initiating a Building Partner Capacity Case or Training Grant.
- SAMM C4.T2A — C4.T2A
- SAMM C4.T2B — Security Cooperation Customer and Regional Codes and Foreign Military Sales Eligibility (DSCA/Defense Finance and Accounting Service Reserved)
- SAMM C4.T2C — Security Cooperation Customer and Regional Codes and Foreign Military Sales Eligibility (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
- SAMM C4.T2D — Security Cooperation Customer and Regional Codes and Foreign Military Sales Eligibility (Regions)
- SAMM C5.F11 — Instructions for Preparing a Letter of Offer and Acceptance
- SAMM C5.F8 — Sample Letter of Offer and Acceptance
- SAMM C5.T3A — Military Department Organizations Authorized to Receive Letters of Request
- SAMM C5.T3B — Other Department of Defense Implementing Agencies Authorized to Receive Letters of Request
- SAMM C6.7.4 — Amendment and/or Modification Formats.
- SAMM C9.F8 — Special Billing Arrangement Sample Agreement
- SAMM Glossary — Case Identifier
- SAMM Glossary — Security Cooperation Case Designator
- SAMM Glossary — Security Cooperation Implementing Agency Code
Facts used: fact:case-identifier-length, fact:case-identifier-country-code-length, fact:case-identifier-ia-code-length, fact:case-designator-length, fact:bpc-case-id-positions
More on the case identifier: How to read a Foreign Military Sales case identifier
Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
A process, authorized by the Arms Export Control Act, through which eligible foreign governments and international organizations may purchase defense articles, services, and training from the United States Government.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
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Case Identifier
A unique six-digit identifier assigned to an Foreign Military Sales case for the purpose of identification, accounting, and data processing of each Letter of Offer and Acceptance. The case identifier consists of the two-letter country code, a one-letter designator for the Implementing Agency, and a three-letter case designator.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
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Implementing Agency Code (Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA))
A single-digit code in a case designator that represents the implementing agency responsible for management of the LOA.
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SAMM — Security Assistance Management Manual
SAMM Acronyms, as of 12 September 2026
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Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA)
The legal instrument used by the USG to transfer itemized defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services to foreign partners.
When used under the authorities provided in the Arms Export Control Act for Foreign Military Sales, the LOA is a binding agreement signed by the USG and the foreign partner to transfer such articles and services.
When used under Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) authorities, the BPC LOA is not signed by the Benefitting Partner.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
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