Esper Calls for Major Expansion of Foreign Military Training Programs
13 Dec 2019
Military.com | By Richard Sisk
Defense Secretary Mark Esper called for a major expansion of programs to train foreign nationals alongside U.S. troops, but said tighter vetting was needed following a shooting rampage this month that killed three sailors at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
"I want to increase that by 50% over the next five years," Esper said Friday of the professional military education, or PME, programs in the U.S. for members of foreign militaries. Currently, more than 5,000 foreign nationals are in the U.S. to participate in these programs.
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