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This pamphlet describes how the Army-the institutional Army, Army commands (ACOMs), Army service component commands (ASCCs), direct reporting units (DRUs), and staff organizations-supports achievement of geographic combatant command (GCC) and functional combatant command (FCC) campaign plan intermediate military objectives (IMO) and strategic end states by providing trained and ready capabilities for combatant commands' (CCMD) security cooperation (SC) activities coordinated by, with, or through ASCCs. Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 5132. 03 defines security cooperation as "Activities undertaken by the Department of Defense (DOD) to encourage and enable international partners to work with the United States to achieve strategic objectives. It includes all DOD interactions with foreign defense and security establishments, including all DOD-administered security assistance programs, that: build defense and security relationships that promote specific U.S. security interests, including all international armaments cooperation activities and security assistance activities; develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self-defense and multinational operations; and provide U.S. forces with peacetime and contingency access to host nations." This pamphlet complements Army Regulation (AR) 11-31, Army Security Cooperation Policy, providing an overview of the Army security cooperation functions, implements the Army security cooperation planning, resourcing, execution, and evaluation, and explains Army security cooperation programs procedures.