In close coordination with the Department of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Policy Office for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs, DSCA is working along four mutually-reinforcing lines of effort (LOE): Developing a Foundational Curriculum to Reduce the Risk of Civilian Harm: DSCA is developing a series of modules on topics such as understanding risks around civilian protection in conflict, responsible employment of weapons, tracking and assessing civilian casualties, and accountability mechanisms for a range of positions and levels in partners' militaries.

To conduct or support programs providing training, services and equipment to national security forces of foreign countries for the purpose of building capability and capacity of Partner Nations. Section 333 Authority to Build Capacity Section 1263 Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative (MSI)

The transfer of defense articles and services via sale, lease or grant, in furtherance of national security and foreign policy objectives. This includes the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program as well as other programs specifically designed to address and expedite international partners' urgent or emerging requirements or capability gaps.

Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) encompasses Security Cooperation (SC) activities that directly support partner nation efforts to improve security sector governance and core management competencies necessary to effectively and responsibly achieve shared security objectives. Understanding a partner's institutional capacity is critical to the development of a full-spectrum approach to Security Cooperation.

Civilian Harm Mitigation Defense Trade and Arms Transfers Golden Sentry End Use Monitoring Global Train & Equip Institutional Capacity Building International Education & Training Humanitarian Assistance

This video covers the history of the security cooperation mission set.