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WATCHFUL ANGEL


A Tunisian navy 65-foot Archangel Patrol boat is underway near the Tunisian navy base in Bizerte. The security cooperation relationship between the Tunisian govern- ment and the United States exemplifies one of the major purposes of U.S. security cooperation efforts: to “develop allied and friendly military capabilities for self- defense and multinational operations.” (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Tunis)


CONCLUSION Te Security Assistance Management Manual, the document that codifies the policies of the U.S. security cooperation program, does not provide a checklist for defining a “successful” program. It does, however, define ideological and practical objectives that the program is designed to develop, including:


• Progression from development of a basic capacity to more capa- ble assets.


• The establishment of an organic ability to maintain those assets. • An eventual progression to self-sustainability.


Governing the capacity development aspect of security coop- eration is the overarching goal of establishing a vested sense of


“ownership” in the partner service. To reflect a true partnership at the most fundamental level requires a commitment of resources from both partners. Te United States’ FMS program with the Tunisian navy has evolved over the past 10 years to reflect these ideological and practical objectives to a degree rarely seen in any FMS partner, let alone one working through the fiscal constraints and security challenges faced by the Tunisian navy program. Tis partnership provides the ideal model of security cooperation for other developing FMS partners to emulate.


For more information, go to http://www.dsca.mil/.


DISCLAIMER Te opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the individual author and do not necessarily represent the official position or view of the Department of Defense or any other governmental entity. References to this article should include the foregoing statement.


MR. BENJAMIN POSIL is a security cooperation professional with more than 10 years’ experience in the field. He is a major in the Maryland Army National Guard, where he recently completed a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan. He has earned MBA degrees from the University of South Carolina and Wirtschaftuniversität Wien in Vienna, Austria, along with an M.S. in international relations from Troy State University. He also has a B.A. in inter- national relations and Latin American studies from the University of Delaware. He is a Navy Acquisition Corps member and a certi- fied program manager through both DAWIA (Level II) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Level III).


Te author would like to give special thanks to Lt. Cmdr. Ryan “TBD” Guard for his insight and support.


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