Security Assistance; and Logistics - Federation of American Scientists

explicitly addressed and integrated across all DoD activities includingdoctrine, organizations, training, education, exercises, materiel,leadership, personnel, facilities, and planning.Stability operations are conducted to help establish order that advancesU.S. interests and values. The immediate goal often is to provide thelocal populace with security, restore essential services, and meethumanitarian needs. The long-term goal is to help develop indigenouscapacity for securing essential services, a viable market economy, ruleof law, democratic institutions, and a robust civil society.Many stability operations tasks are best performed by indigenous,foreign, or U.S. civilian professionals. Nonetheless, U.S. militaryforces shall be prepared to perform all tasks necessary to establish ormaintain order when civilians cannot do so. Successfully performingsuch tasks can help secure a lasting peace and facilitate the timelywithdrawal of U.S. and foreign forces.Iraq Security Forces FundIn May 2005, Congress authorized the creation of the ISFF in P.L. 109-13. Projectssupported by the fund have provided the Iraq Security Forces with equipment, supplies,services, and training, as well as repair, renovation, and construction of facilities.Congress has appropriated $15.44 billion to the ISFF since 2005, the vast majority of thefunding having been directed at four major activities within the Iraqi Ministry of Defenseand Ministry of Interior:• Equipment and Transportation• Training and Operations• Infrastructure• SustainmentTable 2 displays the ISFF funds budgeted for the use of MNSTC-I in accomplishing thetraining and equipping mission for the Iraq Security Forces. Of note, ISFF funding haddecreased markedly in FY-08 with a 46 percent reduction from FY-07 levels, and withthe FY-09 budget submission there is a further 33 percent reduction in the request fromthat appropriated in FY-08.Table 2. ISFF Appropriations FY 2005 – FY 2009FY-05 FY-06 FY-07 FY-08 FY-09$5.39 B $3.01 B $5.54 B $3.0 B $2.0 B(Sources: SIGIR Report to Congress, April 2008; MNSTC-I Briefing to DoDIG, 7 May 2008; DoD FY-2009 GWOT Bridge Request)Out-year appropriations for ISFF funding are expected to decrease further because of theincreasing capability of the Government of Iraq to finance its own security andinfrastructure requirements. While the FY-2009 ISFF request of $2 billion had not beenfunded at the time of this assessment, there were indications that Congress wouldsignificantly reduce the request even further.76