Offices of Defence Cooperation

About ODC

U.S. European Command builds partner capacity by executing security assistance and security cooperation programs using 44 Offices of Defense Cooperation (ODC) who work with their respective host nations, in close partnership with U.S. Embassy country team and under the direction of the U.S. Ambassador.

Security assistance and cooperation includes, but is not limited to, foreign military sales (FMS) of U.S. defense equipment, services and training, the management of the Foreign Military Financing (FMF), International Military Education and Training (IMET) grant funding, the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP), section 1206/1207 funding, the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), Counter-Threat Reduction and Warsaw Initiative Funding (WIF).

Additionally, these offices oversee military-to-military programs and play a key role in the State Partnership Program - an initiative that partners countries with states within the U.S.

Within the framework of the Ambassador's Mission Strategic Plan and the command's Theater Security Strategy, these offices strengthen bilateral security relationships, enhance partner capacity and promote effective civil-military relations.

Quick reference figures on the US EUCOM Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Armenia:

1. ODC Armenia focuses on assisting the Strategic Defense Review conducted by the MoD, enhancing the Peace Keeping Brigade, assisting the Humanitarian Demining Center, strengthening the Armenian Rescue Service (ARS) and providing humanitarian relief to schools and hospitals throughout Armenia.
2. The Armenian State Partner is Kansas. Kansas and Armenia have a very close relationship that span across educational, law enforcement, medical, and military emergency preparedness endeavors. ODC facilitates the visiting of professional groups from Kansas to Armenia several times per month.
3. The monetary value of assistance provided by ODC and State Department defense related programs is mandated by Congress and fluctuates slightly each year. Over the last 4 years: International Military Education and Training (IMET) has amounted to: ~3.2 million US Dollars.  This has provided military education and language training for over 100 Officers, NCOs and junior enlisted soldiers.
   
   Foreign Military Financing
   (FMF) has amounted to ~ 17.5 million US dollars. FMF has been used to  promote professional military education, deployable medicine and enhancing the Armenian Peace Keeping Brigade. Humanitarian Assistance (HA): Nearly one million US Dollars provided to schools, hospitals and orphanages throughout Armenia.

EUCOM / ODC Humanitarian Assistance Program

Chambarak, Armenia

On September 30^th, the United States Embassy, and the European Command Humanitarian Assistance office Stuttgart Germany, we were able to supply over $4000 worth of much needed furniture to Chambarak School number two.

The U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation has provided several such shipments in the past year, adding up to $15,000 worth of material donated to schools and orphanages in rural Armenian; several more are on the way. Many of these projects would not be possible without the many Non Governmental Organizations working together, sharing information, and coordinating their efforts to fulfill the needs of the Armenian people.

Save the Children completed a renovation of the school in early 2009. Armenian Relief Fund donated desks for the children in the spring, and the United States Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation provided desk, chairs, and bookcases for the teachers. Although the donations are often small in monetary value, the impact and tangible results can be enormous.

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