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Date Last Updated: 02/19/2013

ALU International Military Student Office (IMSO)

Mission

The International Military Student Office provides direct support to the international military students (IMS) attending the schools and courses within the Sustainment Center of Excellence’s purview. This support is in the areas of administration, socialization, cultural enrichment, recreation and personal and family matters. Administrative and support functions include briefings, in-processing and assisting students, and ensuring that the international students are prepared for their academic programs. IMSO training functions include monitoring IMS academic progress during their time here and coordinating with the academic departments to provide assistance as needed. Other training functions include briefing cadre and staff on the security assistance program and the particulars of working with IMS, coordinating with academic sponsors and delineating their responsibilities, and providing professional development training and orientation opportunities for IMSO staff. Finally, it is the responsibility of the IMSO to execute the Field Studies Program (FSP) so that international students return to their homelands with an understanding of the responsibilities of governments, militaries, and citizens to protect, preserve and respect the rights of every individual. The FSP is developed and implemented with the specific objective of promoting an understanding of U.S. society, institutions and ideals and the way in which these elements reflect U.S. commitment to basic principles of internationally recognized human rights.

The International Student Office plans and executes the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) components of the TRADOC Security Assistance Training Field Activity (SATFA) at SCOE according to Joint Security Regulation AR 12-15. This division provides command and control, liaison, logistical and administrative support to all assigned international military officers, noncommissioned officers, and their families attending course at each SCOE branch school and other services detachments that are stationed at Fort Lee.

Vision

The International Military Student Office works to support the objectives of the Security Cooperation Education and Training Program to enhance US and international partner interoperability, to build and enhance international partner operational capacity and capabilities and to expand relationships with existing and new international partners. The office and school support US National Security and National Military Objectives, Regional Unified Commands' Theater Security Cooperation Strategies and US foreign policy. Every member of this office contributes value to our mission accomplishment. We shall work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation in order to realize our full potential. Professionalism will exemplify all our dealings with one another.