The U.S. Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization (SATMO)
A Guide for New SAT Managers
Download the full publication here: No. 25-998, Security Assistance Training Management Manual (Aug 25) [PDF - 6.6 MB]
SAT Manager and SATMO Basics
ROLE OF THE SAT MANAGER
Security Assistance Team (SAT) managers direct the development, management, execution, and support of U.S. Army SATs provided to friendly foreign governments and U.S. allies in support of U.S. Department of State (DOS) foreign policy objectives and Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) priorities. Put simply, SAT managers manage non-institutional security assistance training programs for countries within a designated region of the world. They identify, request, and manage allocation of training resources needed by SATs and project future, worldwide security assistance training requirements to resource and prepare these teams. The SAT manager supervises preparation of training-related information to be incorporated into legal contracts known as Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA), committing the U.S. government to provide materiel and services (e.g., training, either alone or as part of an equipment sale or transfer) to other nations and monitors completion of financial arrangements for all training activities related to these LOA cases.
SAT managers are part of the Security Assistance Training Management Organization (SATMO) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which is subordinate to the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) at Redstone Army Arsenal, Alabama.
Higher Headquarters (Two Levels Up) – The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command
USASAC “develops and manages security assistance programs and foreign military sales cases to build partner capacity, support COCOM (Combatant Command) engagement strategies and strengthen U.S. global partnerships.”
Although much of USASAC’s focus is on delivering materiel solutions (i.e., weapons systems) to partner and allied nations, USASAC has a Directorate of Training Integration (DTI, G7) that serves as the USASAC lead for SAT efforts across the Army Security Assistance Enterprise (ASAE). The G7 is led by an O5 military officer and a GS-14 Department of the Army civilian (DAC). The SATMO commander and staff work closely with the USASAC G7 to ensure security assistance training requirements are considered for all security assistance programs and foreign military sales (FMS).
USASAC is structured around three Regional Operations (RO) directorates led by an Army O6 and aligned with Geographic Combatant Commands (GCCs). Each RO has country program managers (CPMs) who oversee all security assistance programs within their assigned countries. At the USASAC echelon (two levels up), SAT managers occasionally work with CPMs and the USASAC G7.
Security assistance training project managers (SAT-PMs) serve as the center of gravity for the USASAC G7 and are the primary conduit for support to USASAC RO directorates for all aspects of security assistance training. SATPMs are assigned to the G7 but integrated into RO directorate operations and work directly with the RO directorate team, including the CPMs. The SAT manager works with SAT-PMs, who are generally the first to identify training requirements in upcoming cases and work to integrate training into larger USASAC security assistance missions. A list of G7 and SAT-PM duties and responsibilities is available in Appendix A.
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