---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 322"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "322"
heading: "Special operations forces: training with friendly foreign forces"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/322"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers"
  - "Chapter 16 — Security Cooperation"
  - "Subchapter III — Training with Foreign Forces"
---

# §322. Special operations forces: training with friendly foreign forces

- (a) **Authority To Pay Training Expenses.—** Under regulations prescribed pursuant to [subsection (c)](#c), the commander of the special operations command established pursuant to [section 167 of this title](/usc/10/167.md) and the commander of any other unified or specified combatant command may [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15), or authorize payment for, any of the following expenses:
  - (1) Expenses of [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) special operations forces assigned to that command in conjunction with [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9), and [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) with, [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) and other security forces of a friendly foreign country.
  - (2) Expenses of deploying such special operations forces for that [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9).
  - (3) In the case of [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) in conjunction with a friendly [developing country](/usc/10/301.md?p=4), the [incremental expenses](/usc/10/301.md?p=5) incurred by that country as the direct result of such [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9).
- (b) **Purpose of Training.—** The primary purpose of the [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) for which payment may be made under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be to train the special operations forces of the combatant command.
- (c) **Regulations.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. The regulations shall require that [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) activities may be carried out under this section only with the prior approval of the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense. The regulations shall establish accounting procedures to ensure that the expenditures pursuant to this section are appropriate.
- (d) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “special operations forces” [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) civil affairs forces and [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) information support operations forces.
  - (2) The term “[incremental expenses](/usc/10/301.md?p=5)”, with respect to a [developing country](/usc/10/301.md?p=4), means the reasonable and proper cost of rations, fuel, [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) ammunition, transportation, and other goods and services consumed by such country, except that the term does not include [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15), allowances, and other normal costs of such country’s personnel.
- (e) **Reports.—** Not later than April 1 of each year, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall submit to Congress a report regarding [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) during the preceding fiscal year for which expenses were paid under this section. Each report shall specify the following:
  - (1) All countries in which that [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) was conducted.
  - (2) The type of [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) conducted, including whether such [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) was related to counter-narcotics or counter-terrorism activities, the duration of that [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9), the number of members of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) involved, and expenses paid.
  - (3) The extent of participation by foreign [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) forces, including the number and service affiliation of foreign [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) personnel involved and physical and financial contribution of each host nation to the [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) effort.
  - (4) The relationship of that [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) to other overseas [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) conducted by the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4), such as [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) exercise [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) sponsored by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) exercise [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) sponsored by a combatant command, and [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) activities sponsored by a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) (including deployments for [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9), short duration exercises, and other similar unit [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) events).
  - (5) A summary of the expenditures under this section resulting from the [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) for which expenses were paid under this section.
  - (6) A discussion of the unique [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) benefit to [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) special operations forces derived from the [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) activities for which expenses were paid under this section.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1052(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1470, § 2011; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(a)(18), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 512; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1062, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2129; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1086(2), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1603; renumbered § 322, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1244(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2518.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 2011 of this title as this section.

2011—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 112–81 substituted “military information support operations” for “psychological operations”.

1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–261, § 1062(a), inserted after first sentence “The regulations shall require that training activities may be carried out under this section only with the prior approval of the Secretary of Defense.”

Subsec. (e)(5), (6). Pub. L. 105–261, § 1062(b), added pars. (5) and (6).

1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “To” for “to” in heading.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of provisions in subsec. (e) of this section requiring submittal of annual report to Congress, see section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.

### Training of General Purpose Forces of the United States Armed Forces With Military and Other Security Forces of Friendly Foreign Countries

Pub. L. 113–66, div. A, title XII, § 1203, Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 894, related to the training of general purpose forces of the armed forces of the United States with military and other security forces of friendly foreign countries, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1244(c), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2518.