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  partner nation oversight and accountability of a FSF and strengthen the alignment of U.S. and
  partner nation strategic and operational interests.
  * •Women, peace, and security programs, which encourage and enable partner nation security forces
  to consider the different security needs of men, women, boys, and girls, which results in a more
  diverse, inclusive, and capable force; reduces human suffering; and enhances engagement between
  FSF and a local populace.
  ARMY ROLES IN SECURITY COOPERATION
  1-39. The Army provides forces for military missions in foreign countries to support the national interests
  of the United States and provides as directed, assistance in organizing, training, equipping, building and
  rebuilding, advising, supporting and liaising with the military forces of foreign nations. Shaping the security
  environment diminishes regional tensions, enhances stability, and contributes to the security of the homeland,
  and as a common Army function, makes SC vital to U.S. security interests.
  1-40. At the Headquarters, Department of the Army level, the two primary organizations that provide the
  policy, management, and oversight for SC are the Department of the Army Management Office for Army
  International Affairs (DAMO-SSR) within DA G-3/5/7 and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
  the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation (DASA-DEC) within the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the
  Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.
  1-41. The DAMO-SSR mission includes developing, advancing, and integrating Army strategies and
  concepts to strengthen alliances and attract new partners in support of Army and combatant command
  objectives; developing, articulating, integrating, and advancing strategies, concepts, and policies for joint,
  interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational interoperability, and SC; identifying, coordinating, and
  facilitating multinational and coalition activities between the Army and nominated partners’ land forces in
  support of Headquarters, Department of the Army priorities and objectives; and providing cross-functional,
  directorate-wide support with multinational and coalition expertise.
  1-42. The DASA-DEC mission is to manage Army security assistance and armaments cooperation programs
  that engage allies and partners across the full spectrum of Army acquisition to achieve force dominance.
  DASA-DEC leads the U.S. Army Security Assistance Enterprise–the collective Army organizations involved
  in security assistance–providing leadership, resource management, and policy oversight for FMS,
  international military education and training, and DOD global train-and-equip missions.
  1-43. Headquarters, Department of the Army leaders also directly conduct military engagement through both
  key leader engagements and staff talks. Army staff talks provide established forums to formulate bilateral
  action plans that develop capabilities for enabling and enhancing interoperability between the Army and the
  land component of its respective partners. Both DAMO-SSR and DASA-DEC are directly involved with
  coordinating and preparing senior Army leaders for these critical military engagement activities.
  Theater Army Role
  1-44. The Army normally executes its 10 USC, responsibilities to organize, train, and equip operational
  Army units through the theater army to support combatant command objectives. The theater army sets and
  maintains the theater for the conduct of multidomain operations. Setting the theater includes posturing Army
  forces and conducting SC activities that shape an OE and prevent conflict. Setting the theater shapes the
  environment and produces the conditions necessary for the joint force commander, when directed, to seize,
  retain, and exploit the initiative and assure freedom of action. Sustained military engagement requires a
  combination of integrated regionally aligned conventional forces and ARSOF. Military engagement, along
  with intelligence collection and assured access, is critical to enabling the force to win decisively. Setting the
  theater includes theater opening; port and terminal operations; conducting reception, staging onward
  movement, and integration; force modernization and theater-specific training; Army support to other
  Services; as well as common user logistics to Army, joint, and multinational forces operating in the theater.
  1-45. The theater army develops a theater campaign support plan in an annex to the combatant command
  campaign plan. The theater campaign support plan serves as the mechanism between planning, programming,
  budgeting, and execution processes by, with, or through the theater army. It is supported by Headquarters,