ARMY ACQUISITION SUPPORT TO UKRAINE
WEAPONS LOADED
Pallets of ammunition, weapons and other equipment bound for Ukraine are loaded on a plane during a foreign military sales mission, Jan. 24, 2022. Since 2014, the U.S. has committed billions in assistance to Ukraine, including security and non-security assistance. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. J.D. Strong II, U.S. Air Force)
foreign military sales cases to take months or years to deliver. But with a whole of government approach and the urgency of Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II, Nicholson said USASAC has proven agile and responsive in crisis, speeding materiel to the battlefield within days and weeks in some cases.
He said this can be attributed to both expertise and collaboration.
With hundreds of employees spread across the globe, the command is ensuring the urgent delivery of multibillion-dollar aid packages to Ukrainian battlefields, around the clock and at unprecedented speeds.
“Te security assistance the United States provides to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against Russian forces and demonstrates our resolve to support our allies and partners,” said USASAC Commanding General Brig. Gen. Brad Nicholson. “USASAC in coordination with the security assistance enterprise is working extremely hard to fulfill Ukraine’s priority security assistance requests, delivering weapons from U.S. stocks when available, and facilitating the delivery of weapons by allies and partners when their systems better suit Ukraine’s needs.”
Despite the U.S. government’s repeated attempts to stream- line the foreign military sales process, it was not uncommon for
USASAC is known as the center of gravity for AMC’s secu- rity assistance enterprise, but it is heavily dependent on the coordination and support of the AMC life cycle management commands: Army Contracting Command, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, as well as other DOD agencies and U.S. industry. With extensive coor- dination, the materiel that makes its way to Ukrainian war zones includes hundreds of thousands of items like anti-armor systems, unmanned aerial systems, artillery, rocket systems, armored personnel carriers and other wheeled and track vehicles, body armor, munitions, medical supplies and protective equipment. Tese weapons and equipment are being provided via multiple streams including presidential drawdown authority; foreign mili- tary sales and foreign military financing; excess defense articles; DOD’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative; third party trans- fers and international military education and training. Of its more than 6,500-case portfolio, USASAC has 199 implemented cases worth more than $9.65 billion with Ukraine.
“Ukraine remains a key regional strategic partner that has made significant strides in modernizing its military and increasing its interoperability with NATO,” said Nicholson. “We will continue to work to ensure it receives the equipment it needs to defend itself and to promote regional stability and democratic values.”
CHANGING MILITARY MENTALITY In addition to facilitating the delivery of multibillion-dollar mili- tary aid packages to Ukraine, one Army command has provided a lesser-known asset with extraordinary impact. Te Security Assis- tance Training Management Organization (SATMO) supplied Ukraine with a Doctrine Education Advisory Group (DEAG), headquartered in Kiev from 2016 up until three weeks before Russia’s invasion in February 2022. SATMO provides advanced and specialized training, professional military education, and tactical level expertise to allies and partners worldwide.
MILITARY MINDSET
SATMO’s Doctrine Education Advisory Group in Kiev, weeks before the February 2022 Russian invasion, from left: Lt. Col. Rob Nesbit, Maj. Justin Kush, Capt. Vladimir Makarov, and Master Sgt. Brad Watts. (Photo courtesy of USASAC)
The DEAG was activated to support their armed forces’ struggling transition from deeply entrenched post-Soviet mindsets and processes to a force capable of NATO integra- tion. It was comprised of highly skilled U.S. Army officers,
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