At a glance
Possible toolINT-17 · Other statutory tools
Authority holder: Military Department Secretary or combatant commander for §321 payments; designated combatant commanders for §322, within SecDef-approved procedures.
Other statutory tools
Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.
Availability and verificationExisting statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.
Program process and intake
Checked 2026-10-04 · program documented. Program evidence is separate from legal authority, available funds and transaction approval.
General-force exchanges and SOF JCET have distinct purposes for training U.S. forces, approval requirements and funding channels.
Section 321 training with friendly foreign forces
- Who this route serves
- U.S. forces training with eligible foreign counterparts; not partner-led capacity grants.
- Administering office / routing lead
- Combatant command and participating military department, under published approval/funding controls
Direct implementationSAMM expressly links the exchange program to section 321; FY 2026 changes must be read with existing procedural guidance.
What this evidence label means Published training processCurrent SAMM describes section 321 exchanges. Check the FY 2026 statutory amendment when reading older service guidance.
Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04
DSCA SAMM — Section 321 exchanges · S 321.2–6official implementation guidance · Evidence record Program eligibility
Steps and preparation
Funding, limits and authority relationship
Section 321 planning and expense controls →
government training planning: No individual or vendor application; participants are selected through approved activities.
Joint Combined Exchange Training
- Who this route serves
- U.S. SOF and approved foreign training counterparts
- Administering office / routing lead
- USSOCOM, theater special operations commands, geographic combatant commands and force-provider components
JCET process documentedInstruction describes a command-managed training program; not an open foreign-force assistance application.
Status reference date: 2026-10-04 · research checked 2026-10-04
AFSOCI 10-204 · Paragraph 5.3.2, printed p.24official service instruction · published 2024-08-20 · Evidence record Program eligibility
Steps and preparation
Funding, limits and authority relationship
Funding and financial terms
Exclusions and limits
Authority relationship source
AFSOCI 10-204 · Paragraph 5.3.2, printed p.24official service instruction · published 2024-08-20 · Evidence recordJCET execution framework →
command-managed training process: Event-specific command approval and participant screening required.
Research scope and sources checked
Read original legal record and cited public implementation material; verify current case-specific approvals/funds separately.
What remains unverified
- Do not use pre-FY 2026 “military-only” language as current section 321 eligibility; verify event-specific approval and expense rules.
A dated source check is not continuing monitoring. Recheck the linked official notice before preparing a submission. Browse program research →
Funding conditions
- §321 allows covered activities spanning into next fiscal year; check actual funds.
- Partner incremental expenses do not become general salary/budget support.
Read the funding and execution guide
Who contributes what
Need & planning
- Geographic or functional CCMD security-cooperation planners
Office profile - Embassy SCO and Chief of Mission country team
Approval
- Secretary of Defense prior approval under prescribed regulations
Office profile - Service Secretary or combatant commander statutory payment authority
Execution
- Service units and exercise contracting/support offices
- USSOCOM/theater special operations commands for §322
Office profile
Partners & review
- Foreign partner government
- Department of State
- Export-control/foreign-disclosure officials
Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.
Coordination pathwayExercise sponsor → CCMD/Service counsel and comptroller → identify §321 vs322 purpose/recipient → SecDef approval → authorized payments and reporting.
Actor and execution-role sources
What this research establishes
Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingScale documented§321 allows covered activities spanning into next fiscal year; check actual funds. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument. Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent. EngagementProcess sourcedGeneral-force exchanges and SOF JCET have distinct purposes for training U.S. forces, approval requirements and funding channels. Program check: 2026-10-04; see each route for intake status. Confidence: High on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.
Currentness: GovInfo2024 §§321-322 read; Pub. L.119-60 §1201 directly applied: revised eligible forces and payment categories; quarterly retrospective report replaces prospective schedule.
Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.