Ariel Klein

The Department of Defense s Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA) was established in 1994 to provide and facilitate education, training, and research in civil-military operations. This report examines CFE-DMHA s history, activities, and roles to determine how its missions can best be performed to achieve the objectives of the Department of Defense in this domain."

To help ensure that limited security cooperation resources are properly directed for greatest effect, this report evaluates the U.S. Department of Defense s effectiveness in developing SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and results-oriented, and time-bound) security cooperation objectives that facilitate assessment, monitoring, and evaluation."