Just the Facts

The following U.S. programs fund only training or education of military and police personnel:

	Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (National Defense University, Fort McNair, DC) Defense Department initiative to improve civilians' defense planning and management skills
	Counter-Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP) A Defense Department training program funding training and education in counter-terror skills
	Deployments for Training (DFTs)
	Exercises (Tentative exercise calendar) Regularly programmed joint training events throughout the region
	Foreign Military Interaction (FMI) Also known as "Military-to-Military Contact"
	International Criminal Investigations and Training Program (ICITAP) Law-enforcement training provided by the Department of Justice
	International Military Education and Training (IMET) Funding for courses given both in the U.S. and in-country by U.S. personnel. Expanded IMET pays for training in non-combat subjects.
	Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) and other Special Operations Forces (SOF) Training Special Forces' deployments for joint training. This section also includes SOF counter-drug training
	Scholarships at Service Academies (U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO)

The following U.S. programs and may fund training, but also pay for other things like weapons and services:

	Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Weapons, equipment and training for prevention and management of terrorism
	Drawdowns Presidential authority to grant defense articles, training and services from the U.S. arsenal
	Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities (EIPC) A policy initiative, using funds from other programs, to improve militaries' peacekeeping skills
	Foreign Military Financing (FMF) Grants and loans for defense articles, training and services
	Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Government-to-government sales of defense articles, training and services (countries may buy training from the United States)
	Humanitarian and Civic Assistance (HCA) Also known as "civic action," exercises that provide construction or medical services
	International Narcotics Control (INC) Funding of equipment, training, eradication and other programs of the State Department’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL)
	"Section 1004" and "Section 124" Counterdrug Assistance Training, equipment upgrades and other services provided for counternarcotics, funded through the defense budget
	"Section 1033" Counterdrug Assistance Assistance to fight drugs on rivers, funded through the defense budget

The following U.S. installations offer Spanish-language training and education to military and police from the Western Hemisphere:

	Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (National Defense University, Fort McNair, DC) Defense Department initiative to improve civilians' defense planning and management skills
	Inter-American Air Forces Academy (Lackland AFB, TX) The U.S. Air Force''s Spanish-language training school for Latin American militaries
	Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (Camp LeJeune, NC, and Stennis Space Center, MS) The U.S. Navy's Spanish-language training school for Latin American militaries
	Spanish Helicopter School Battalion (U.S. Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, AL)
	Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (Ex-School of the Americas) (Fort Benning, GA) The U.S. Army's Spanish-language training school for Latin American militaries