United States Military Aid - Military Funding Programs

Military Funding Programs

There are three main programs where military funding is allocated:

Foreign military financing provides grants for the acquisition of U.S. defense equipment, services, and training. These grants enable friends and allies to improve their defense capabilities. The goals of FMF are

  • Promoting national security by contributing to regional and global stability
  • Strengthening military support for democratically-elected governments and containing transnational threats, including terrorism and trafficking in narcotics, weapons, and persons
  • Fostering closer military relationships between the U.S. and recipient nations

Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) provide voluntary support for international peacekeeping activities. These funds support non-U.N. operations and training in response to a nation’s crisis. The goals of PKO are

  • Promoting increased involvement of regional organizations in conflict resolution
  • Helping leverage support for multinational efforts in the event of a nation's crisis

The International Military Education and Training program (IMET) offers military training on a grant basis to foreign military officials. The goals of IMET are

  • Encouraging effective, defense relationships
  • Promoting interoperability with U.S. and coalition forces
  • Exposing foreign civilian and military officials to democratic values, military professionalism, and international norms of human rights

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