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Army Foreign Liaison Directorate
(DAMI-FL)
U.S. Army Gateway to the Washington Corps of Military Attachés and Distinguished Foreign Visitors
About the Foreign Liaison
Directorate
The Foreign Liaison Directorate oversees and facilitates distinguished foreign visits to Headquarters Department of the
Army (HQDA); supports the corps of foreign military Attachés resident in Washington, DC in their interactions with the
Department of the Army; and provides foreign protocol support to the Army leadership. Foreign Liaison is the primary point
of contact between the U.S. Army and the Washington Corps of Military Attachés. Additionally, Foreign Liaison coordinates
G-2 responsibilities in attaché policy as well as the selection and assignment of U.S. Army personnel to the Defense Attaché System.
Foreign Liaison programs afford the Army
unique strategic communication opportunities
that can reach a wide international audience
in support of Defense, Theater, and Army
Security Cooperation objectives. In close
coordination with the regional and country
specialists in the Regional Integration and
Assessments Directorate of the G-3/5,
Foreign Liaison plans, coordinates and
executes both the Distinguished Foreign
Visitor Program and the annual HQDA Attaché
Program.
The Director and Deputy Director are the first point of
contact in Headquarters, Department of the
Army. They establish policies; ensure that
the office provides effective, responsive
support to the senior Army leadership and
the Washington Corps of Military Attachés;
facilitate communications between the Army
and the foreign military diplomatic
community in Washington, DC; and represent
the Army to the foreign military diplomatic
community. To contact Foreign Liason please call 703-692-1462 / 1467.
The Operations Division is responsible for the Distinguished Foreign Visitor Program.
It plans and executes the Chief of Staff of the Army Counterpart Visit Programs as well as providing administrative,
logistical, and protocol support for these visits. The division also facilitates all self-invited visits requested
by foreign military and civilian officials with the U.S. Army's senior leadership. It is the executive agent for the Kermit
Roosevelt and Mark Clark Lecture Exchange Series. To contact the Operations Division please call 703-692-1464 / 1456.
The Foreign Engagment Section plans and executes the annual CSA-hosted Foreign
Military Attaché Reception and Director of the Army Staff (DAS)-hosted Twilight Tattoo. The section
develops and executes the U.S. Army’s Foreign Military Attaché Orientation Program, including two regional
and one local Military Attaché Orientation Trips, and Quarterly Information Briefings. The section supports
the International Military Student Educational Field Trips to Washington, DC. To contact the Foreign
Engagement Section call 703-692-1459.
The Foreign Military Attaché Coordination
Division is responsible for all military Attachés from accreditation through departure.
It establishes, implements, and ensures compliance with Department of the Army policies, regulations, and procedures
governing foreign military Attachés. It serves as the focal point for day-to-day assistance, support, and extension
of privileges to military Attachés and their staffs. The division is responsible for the planning and execution the
diplomatic accreditation and farewell of military Attachés. It implements the U.S. Army awards program for eligible foreign
military Attachés. To contact the Attaché Coordination Division please call 703-692-1469/1465.
The Foreign Protocol Section
assures that the Army fulfills its social and protocol obligations to the foreign military and diplomatic
community in Washington, DC and to foreign visitors to HQDA. The section coordinates official social functions
hosted for the Washington Corps of Military Attachés; receives and processes all invitations and other correspondence
received from foreign embassies for the U.S. Army Senior Leadership; and provides advice to the members of the
Washington Corps of Military Attachés on U.S. military protocol, customs and courtesies. To contact the Protocol Section
please call 703-692-1459/1457.
The US Attaché Affairs Section
assists the G-2 to provide trained and ready foreign area officers to the Defense Attaché Service.
This includes facilitating U.S. Army attaché policy, coordinating with Human Resources Command and Colonels
Management Office, staffing Attaché nominations, organizing U.S. Army training for the Joint Military Attaché
School, and sending information updates on current Army topics to U.S. Army Attachés. To contact the U.S.
Attaché Affairs Section please call 703-692-1460.
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