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But if you have the right trained person with the right language skills and skill sets and that wants to be there, we feel like the requirements process from the very beginning is going to be much better.&#8221;<br\/><br\/>An Aug. 17, 2016, memo, signed by James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein, directed the service&#8217;s international affairs team, known as SAF\/IA, to establish a new oversight program to ensure security cooperation officers get the professional training they need in areas they need. The idea is that those aspiring for security cooperation positions can get extra education in areas such as acquisition or logistics, rather than simply assigning an employee with foreign language skills but no interest in the job.<br\/><br\/> The Air Force has 168 security cooperation officer billets in 76 countries. Those positions are owned by the regional combatant commanders, not SAF\/IA, so Grant&#8217;s first step is meeting with those leaders to discuss changes to the process and identify billets that need filled, she said. <br\/><br\/> From there, the service can deliberately train the best person for job \u2014 the same way air attaches are chosen, Grant noted. 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