Cablegate: State-Dod Mou On Security - Annual Review of Moa

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UNCLAS SANAA 003546

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AODE AMGT ASEC KMRS
SUBJECT: STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA
FOR YEMEN

REF: STATE 186137

1. On November 13, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC)
convened to complete the required annual review of post's MOA
implementing the Department of State and Department of
Defense MOU on security arrangements for DOD personnel (ref
A). EAC reviewed annexes A and B as requested and made no
substantive changes. EAC did alter some of the names given
to military units at post to accurately reflect the existing
military chains-of-command.

2. Text below is Annex A and B in its entirety, including
appropriate changes.

Annex A

COM NON-COMPONENT COMMAND FORCES: Anti-terrorism (AT) and
security responsibility for the following forces falls under
Chief of Mission (COM), through Chief, U.S. Office of
Military Cooperation Yemen as the United States Defense
Representative (USDR):

1. Defense Attache Office:
a. UIC: W1V077, Army Attache Office

2. Marine Security Guard Detachments:
a. UIC: M54050, Marine Security

3. DOD personnel detailed to other departments of agencies
a. Force Protection Detachment

4. Other DOD elements and personnel, to include CDRUSCENTCOM
assigned forces that the COM and the CDRUSCENTCOM agree shall
be under COM force protection and security responsibility:
a. UIC: W6AK20 SAO Yemen

5. DOD personnel assigned to the U.S. Office of Military
Cooperation, Yemen
a. UIC: MA3CF15X, OMC Sanaa

6. Family members of the above assigned DOD personnel.

7. DOD temporary duty personnel assigned in support of an
element under COM authority, whose country clearance and
temporary duty orders specify the COM as responsible for
force protection.

8. DOD personnel, not performing a CDRUSCENTCOM mission or
whose TDY orders do not specify the authority responsible for
force protection, transmitting through Yemen in a temporary
duty status.

Annex date: 05 AUG 05

Annex A to MOA between CDRUSCENTCOM and the COM, Yemen, dated
05 AUG 05

Annex B

CDRUSCENTCOM COMPONENT COMMAND FORCES: AT and security
responsibilities for the following forces falls under
CDRUSCENTCOM, through Component Commanders:

1. CDRUSCENTCOM-assigned forces
a. SOFLE-Yemen

2. Family members of CDRUSCENTCOM-assigned forces
a. None

3. TDY personnel performing a CDRUSCENTCOM mission.

4. All other DOD elements/personnel and family members,
except those specifically identified in Annex A.

Annex date: 05 AUG 05

Annex B to MOA between the CDRUSCENTCOM and the COM, Yemen,
dated 05 AUG 05
Khoury

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