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UNCLAS YEREVAN 000358 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SECSTATE FOR PM AND ISP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MCAP KCFE XG AM
SUBJECT:  SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MARCH 2007 
 
¶1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:  ODC Armenia conducted Bilateral Country 
Planning Conference in Yerevan; LOA for AM-B-UAB Harris radio case 
for 12th Peacekeeping BN signed and returned 27 Mar; LOA for 
AM-B-OAA blanket training case signed and returned 27 Mar. New 
Budget Analyst/Admin Assistant hired. 
 
¶2.  SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 
 
    ¶A. ODC Armenia conducted its first Bilateral Country Planning 
Conference (BCPC) in Yerevan, Armenia from 13-15 Mar. The event set 
plans and events for FY08 for Foreign Military Financing (FMF), 
International Military Education and Training (IMET), Joint Contact 
Team Program (JCTP), Defense Institution Building (funded by Warsaw 
Initiative Funds [WIF]), State Partnership Program (SPP), and also 
addressed potential projects, events, and funding from the Marshall 
Center, Humanitarian De-mining, and Counter Terrorism Fellowship 
Program (CTFP). In attendance was Ms Anne Gebhards (OSD-ASP), Ms 
Diane Lamb (DSCA), Mr Bill Turner (USASAC), LtCol Nelson (SAF-IA), 
Maj Hogan (ECJ5-E), Ms Sandra Shurman (ECJ5-E), Mr Terry Stenger 
(ECJ4-ID), COL Davis (KSNG), Maj Stevens (KSNG), LtCol Girard (MFE), 
and Mr Jose Gabilondo (USAFE). The US DATT to Armenia COL Grimley as 
well as ODC Armenia personnel attended. The Armenian MOD's 
delegation for the out-brief was attended by General-Majors 
Melkonyan and Kotanjyan, and Gen Melkonyan's staff from 
International Military Cooperation and Defense Programs Office, led 
by Col Abrahamyan. The BCPC determined that US security assistance 
in FY08 will be directed to supporting Defense Institution Building 
goals set forth in the ARM IPAP, to supporting and sustaining the 
ARM Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) capability, and to 
developing ARM Peacekeeping forces from the 12th PK Bn and the new 
PK Brigade. Additional assistance and support will be provided to 
assist the ARM government as it develops its crisis response 
capabilities. All presentations for the BCPC were forwarded to the 
participants and key SA/SC offices at EUCOM, OSD, and the Joint 
Staff. 
 
    ¶B. STATUS OF FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING (FMF): 
       ¶1. The Letter of Agreement (LOA) for the FMF case amendment 
to AM-B-UAB: 12th PK Battalion Harris radios, arrived and was 
provided to the MOD on 15 Mar. The LOA was signed and returned to 
the ODC on 27 Mar. The LOA was immediately forwarded to USASAC and 
DSCA 
       ¶2. The LOA for a Blanket FMF Army training case: AM-B-OAA was 
received and provided to the ARM MOD on 15 Mar 07. LOA was signed by 
the MOD and returned to the ODC on 27 Mar and immediately forwarded 
to DSCA and SATFA. 
       ¶3. Equipment ordered for the 12th Peacekeeping Battalion in 
the small FMF AM-B-BAA case established in FY06 arrived between 9-18 
Feb 07.  USASAC is following-up on shortages discovered in the MOD 
inventory of that shipment. 
       ¶3. ODC is awaiting the LOA for the blanket personnel 
equipment case for excess equipment provided by the Defense 
Reutilization Management Office(DRMO)sent out on 2 Feb 07. 
 
     ¶F. Joint Contact Team Program (JCTP).  Two JCTP events were 
conducted in March. The annual Bilateral Country Planning Conference 
(BCPC) was attended by representatives from MARFOREUR, USAFE, and 
the Kansas National Guard.  A total of 22 Mil-to-Mil events were 
presented and will be submitted for approval for completion in FY 
¶08.  The events will focus on deployability and sustainability of 
EMEDS as well as familiarization for various sections of the 12th PK 
BN. Fifteen Armenian soldiers representing various logistics 
services within the Armenian Army attended Logistics Doctrine and 
Development (TCT).  The event was conducted by a team from 
MARFOREUR.  The event focused on tactical, operational and strategic 
logistic doctrine.  Also discussed were tactics, techniques and 
procedures for logistics operations at battalion and brigade levels. 
 A follow-on event focusing on battalion and brigade logistics 
during peacekeeping operations will be conducted by the Kansas Army 
National Guard in FY 08. 
 
    ¶G. State Partnership Program (SPP).  Kansas proposed two 
Mil-to-Civ and one Civ-to-Civ SPP events for FY 08 during the BCPC. 
One event will focus on helping the Armenian Rescue Service (ARS) 
develop their emergency response capabilities.  A second event will 
focus on public health issues within Armenia.  The final event will 
be follow-on to an event held in FY 06 and focus on developing 
vocational-technical schools within Armenia.  No SPP events were 
conducted in March.  Coordination continued between Kansas and the 
Armenian Rescue Service (ARS) on developing follow-on events to the 
Crisis First Responder event held in October.  Funding has been 
received to conduct Crisis Communications TCT.  The event is 
currently scheduled for 4th Quarter. 
 
    ¶H.  Humanitarian Assistance (HA).  No additional HA events have 
been submitted.  Two previously submitted projects have received 
approval, but not funding.  The stand-alone HA event proposes to 
reconstruct existing water wells in two rural villages in Armenia 
where the current water system has deteriorated to a degree that 
potable water is seldom available.  This proposal was coordinated 
with USAID and a local NGO.  The second event is for medical 
supplies and support during an HA related Mil-to-Mil event. This 
event will bring a dentist and optometrist from the Kansas National 
Guard to Armenia to work with two Armenian Military doctors to 
provide services to rural areas in Armenia.  Additionally the ODC 
submitted two EP requests.  One request is to supply two affiliated 
orphanages for disabled children with furniture and school 
equipment.  The second request is to supply the same items for a 
boarding school for children with disabilities.  Approval of these 
two requests is pending. 
 
    ¶I.  International Military Education and Training (IMET): 
English Language testing and number of IMET students in US. 
 
      ¶1.  Training Snapshot 
          Students at DLI:  14 
          Students at Specialty Training:  9 
          E-IMET:  1 
 
      ¶2.  English Comprehension Level (ECL) Testing 
          Students tested:  4 
            Highest Score - 80 
            Lowest Score - 38 
            Average Score - 58 
 
¶3.  PERSONNEL/RESOURCES/LOGISTICS 
 
      ¶A.  GAINS:  None. 
 
     ¶B.  LOSSES:  None. 
 
     ¶C.  ATTACHED PERSONNEL (TDY): 
 
¶D. APPROVED LEAVES NEXT 30 DAYS:  LTC Moyer 25-29 Mar 07 
 
     ¶E.  TDY NEXT 30 DAYS: 
          LTC Peterson, Medical TDY to Landstuhl; 28-30 Mar 
          LTC Peterson, EUCOM TPMR in Grainau, Germnay; 22- 
            27 Apr 
  LTC Peterson, EUM inspection, Northern Armenia; 
            2-4 May (tentative) 
 
      ¶F.  RATING SCHEME CHANGES:  None. 
 
     ¶G.  EXTENSIONS/CURTAILMENTS:  None. 
 
¶5.  ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES: 
 
¶A. EFFICIENCY REPORT SUSPENSES:  None 
 
     ¶B.  AWARD SUSPENSES:  None. 
 
     ¶C.  PERSONNEL ACTIONS:  Ms Annahit Hovhannissian; new Budget 
Analyst/Admin Assistant has been hired and will begin work the first 
week of Apr 07. 
 
¶6.  ODC CHIEF'S COMMENTS: 
 
    ¶A. None 
 
¶7.  POC for this message is LTC Doug Peterson. 
 
37410-49-46-65 
37410-46-47-36(fax) 
petersond@state.gov 
 
GODFREY