A School of Security Cooperation Studies (SSCS) mobile training team (MTT) recently traveled to Finland to conduct the International Partner Security Cooperation Logistics and Finance course. The course curriculum spans the full spectrum of Security Cooperation, including legislation & policy, technology transfer/end-use monitoring, foreign military sales, acquisition, logistics, and…
Type: All - News
Senior U.S. Government Security Cooperation personnel attended Defense Advising-205, Intermediate Strategic Advising, for two weeks during May 2023, in the National Capital Region. This course provided future Advisors with knowledge and tools that enable them to rapidly understand the worldwide context in which they operate, identify and adapt to the challenges they face, and build productive…
Type: All - News
On April 19, 2023, Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) personnel completed Defense Security Cooperation University''s (DSCU) seven-week combined training program, which currently requires students to successfully navigate both SCO-220 Fundamentals and Application of SCO Operations and SCO-262 Briefings and Consultations. The group of students consisted of military officers, non-commissioned…
Type: All - News
DSCU’s president, Dr. Celeste W. Gventer, hosted a consultative session March, 24, 2023, during which Security Cooperation stakeholders and scholars brainstormed ideas for the potential scope and themes of the 2023 Security Cooperation Conference. The consultative session deliberated the following questions: What topics should the Security Cooperation community explore? How should the scope and…
Type: All - News
Dr. Celeste Gventer, Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) President, hosted a focus group March 10, 2023, on the future of Institutional Capacity Building (ICB). The event rallied subject matter experts across Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Congress, Department of State, practitioner organizations, and academia. The focus group helped establish a shared…
Type: All - News
The newly established Irregular Warfare Center is scheduled to host its first IW-themed event, the IW Medical Resiliency Workgroup, from Feb. 22-24, 2023, in Bethesda, Md. This event is the Center’s initial working group for Irregular Warfare Medicine curriculum development. The event will bring together U.S. and allied and partner nation surgeons to discuss medical capabilities in contested or…
Type: All - News
A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to the Dominican Republic to conduct a seminar on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict with members of the Dominican Republic Army, Navy, and Air Force. As a component of the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU), DIILS advances U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by building…
Type: All - News
A team from the Defense Security Cooperation University’s (DSCU) Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to North Macedonia to conduct a seminar on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict with members of the N. Macedonian Army. As a component of DSCU, DIILS’ broad mission is to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by building the…
Type: All - News
The Defense Security Cooperation University’s (DSCU) Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS), located in Newport, R. I., recently surpassed the highest recorded annual total of international students in residence with DIILS. To recognize the occasion, DIILS hosted a visit from Dr. Jason Fritz, the DSCU Chief Academic Officer, and a cake cutting ceremony with international…
Type: All - News
A team from DSCU’s Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to Somalia to meet with members of its military as part of an ongoing Security Cooperation program. For more than 30 years, DIILS, located in Newport, Rhode Island, has been the lead U.S. Department of Defense Security Cooperation resource for global legal engagement with Partner Nation security sector…
Type: All - News
