Location

U.S. Army School of the Americas, Ft. Benning, GA

Scope¹

"Provides fundamental knowledge and training to prepare the student to plan and conduct civil military operations. Course is taught in Spanish. Also prepares the student to serve as an advisor to the field commander on civil military operations matters. This course is designed to prepare students to serve as Civil Military Operations (CMO) officers, either as military officer or as government civilians interacting with the military on CMO activities. Principal instruction consists of training in the proper role of a military in support of civilian authority, military civic action, civil defense, disaster assistance, and CMO support to counternarcotics activities. Training includes various in-depth case studies which are used to enhance student awareness of effective CMO activities."

Sources:

¹ United States, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Expanded IMET Handbook, (Washington: February 14, 1997) I-13.

See also the similarly-worded course description from School of the Americas web page.