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  security of the United States and its partners. Examples of activities that help achieve human advantages
  include—
  (cid:122) Training U.S. and partner nation forces in multinational exercises at combat training centers.
  (cid:122) Routine interaction with allies and other unified action partners that builds and maintains human,
  technical, and procedural interoperability through agreed-to standards.
  (cid:122) Hosting international officers at U.S. professional military education programs and sending U.S.
  officers to international military schools.
  (cid:122) Sustained presence by theater-aligned advisor teams that builds relationships and promotes
  interoperability over time.
  INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
  4-30. Military engagement, security cooperation, and deterrence activities usually involve a combination of
  military forces and capabilities separate from, but integrated with, the efforts of interagency participants.
  These actions are coordinated by diplomatic chiefs of mission and country teams. Understanding their roles
  and relationships is critically important. The Department of State is responsible for the diplomatic instrument
  of national power. Chiefs of mission are the final approval authorities for all U.S. military activities that occur
  in the nation they are responsible for, and they have the authority to modify the execution of planned activities
  during competition. (See JP 5-0 for more information on country-specific plans.)
  4-31. Activities that occur during competition encompass a wide range of actions where the military
  instrument of national power supports and is subordinate to the other instruments of national power.
  Competition overseas generally requires cooperation with international organizations (for example, the
  United Nations) and government entities in other countries to protect and enhance mutual national security
  interests, deter conflict, and set conditions for future contingency operations.
  UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSION
  4-32. U.S. diplomatic missions include representatives of all U.S. departments and agencies physically
  present in the country. Chiefs of missions are the principal officers in charge of diplomatic missions. They
  are often, but not always, ambassadors. They oversee all U.S. government programs and interactions with
  and in a host nation. The chief of mission is the personal representative of the President and reports through
  the Secretary of State, ensuring all in-country activities serve U.S. interests and regional and international
  objectives.
  4-33. The United States maintains different types of diplomatic missions in different countries. Some
  countries have only a consulate, many have only an embassy, and others have an embassy and a number of
  consulates. Typically, Army elements conducting security cooperation activities coordinate with diplomatic
  mission officials, even in nations with only a consulate. Relationships with consular offices are determined
  on a case-by-case basis. The same entities and offices existing in an embassy are present or liaised at
  consulates. (See FM 3-22 for a detailed explanation of this role in relation to Army operations.)
  COUNTRY TEAM
  4-34. The country team is the point of coordination within the host country for the diplomatic mission. The
  members of the country team vary depending on the levels of coordination needed and the conditions within
  that country. The country team is made up of the senior member of each represented U.S. department or
  agency, as directed by the chief of mission. The team may include the senior defense official or defense
  attaché, the political and economic officers, and any other embassy personnel desired by the ambassador.
  4-35. The country team informs various organizations of operations, coordinates elements, and ensures unity
  of effort. Military engagement with a host country is coordinated through the Defense Attaché Office or
  Office of Security Cooperation at the embassy or consulate. However, several other attachés and offices may
  also be integral to security cooperation activities, programs, and missions. The country team provides the
  foundation of local knowledge and interaction with the host-country government and population. As
  permanently established interagency organizations, country teams represent the single point of coordination,
  integration, and synchronization of security cooperation activities supported by combatant commands and