At the end of the second working meeting of the Moroccan-American DCC at the headquarters of the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), decorations awarded by His Majesty the King, Supreme Chief and Chief of General Staff of the FAR, to three American officers in recognition of their efforts for the development and promotion of Moroccan-American military cooperation.
They are Major General Daniel Boyack, Commander of the Utah State National Guard, Lt-Colonel Teremura Shamel, Head of the Office of Security Cooperation “OSC” at the American Embassy in Rabat and Commander Christopher Tarbet, of the Office of Security Cooperation “OSC” at the American Embassy in Rabat, in charge of bilateral affairs.
In execution of the High Royal Instructions relating to the holding of the 13th Session of the DCC, the Lieutenant General, Inspector General of the FAR and Commander of the South Zone, received, Monday, at the headquarters of the General Staff of FAR, the American Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Celeste Wallander, accompanied by the American Defense Attaché accredited to Morocco, at the head of a large military delegation, on a working visit to Morocco from 17 to 22 may.
The Defense Advisory Committee meeting constitutes a platform for strategic dialogue where crucial regional security issues are discussed, and where the broad outlines of the future action plan with AFRICOM and the State National Guard are outlined. Utah, as well as capacity development projects managed by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).
Moroccan-American military cooperation is governed by Agreements, Memorandums of Understanding and bilateral technical arrangements, which specify the modalities of execution of the cooperation.