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Defining the Security Cooperation Workforce

• Available data describing the security cooperation workforce are incomplete and inadequate for managing it.
• Twenty-one security cooperation-specific competencies emerge from this analysis, of which five appear common to almost every job: security cooperation strategy, security cooperation analysis, cultural awareness/international affairs, security assistance case management, and global perspective.
• The workforce appears to be divided into different job families: international affairs, security assistance implementation management, international training management, and financial management.

Finding and Increasing Security Cooperation Experience

• The civilian workforce appears to have relatively deep reservoirs of security cooperation experience, though individuals' levels of experience may vary greatly.
• The military workforce seems to have less security cooperation experience, but brings needed operational experience to the security cooperation community.
• Modeling indicates that it is possible to increase the general level of security cooperation experience throughout the workforce, though for the military workforce doing so could reduce incumbents' level of expertise with regard to other important Department of Defense functions.