Site Surveys, Assessment, Gap Analysis

“Before You Can Get Where You Want To Go, First You Must Know Where You Are.”

Site surveys and assessments are the cornerstone of any training program or event.  ETC International (“ETC”) has noticed a clear pattern in successful engagements vice unsuccessful ones.  The answer is usually very simple: engagements that include a site survey / pre-deployment site visit are considerably more likely to succeed than those without them.  A site survey to determine training needs, student knowledge levels, training site logistics, and equipment conditions are crucial to ensuring that desired training matches with provided training, and that partner nation desires do not overshadow actual capability. On request, ETC can provide assistance in assessing the capability and capacity of a Partner Nation’s forces. Assessments can vary in scale from an assessment of an entire force to that of a specific capability, an individual unit, or even a prospective group of students.

When more in-depth or detailed assessment is required, ETC is able to provide full Operational Assessments and/or Gap Analyses.  This deeper level of assessment is highly tailored to the US Embassy, COCOM, and/or Partner Nation requirements.  ETC is capable of providing experienced subject matter experts that can drill-down into a full analysis of a unit or set of equipment’s material and operational conditions and provide a recommended way ahead to meet specified capability standards.

The ETC Difference

Most companies believe training is training.  ETC International (“ETC”) is different.

At ETC, we know from our history of conducting 150+ international training engagements annually, that conducting training with our international partners in support of US security cooperation efforts is entirely different type of training effort.  It requires not just superior training expertise, but patience, security & situational awareness, passion for meeting & teaching people, cultural & geopolitical education, and excellent trust- and relationship building skills.

To conduct our engagements, ETC draws from nearly 500 years of combined experience in planning and conducting training engagements that support security cooperation, security assistance, foreign military sales (FMS), and Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) efforts.  We understand that our efforts are part of the larger US effort to create lasting strategic relationships that impact US National Security and the world diplomatic stage.  Many years of important work and investment of precious treasure by the US have gone into creating the strategic relationships that allow for ETC’s training teams to engage with our international partners.

Our teams are built from personnel who have had years of experience successfully growing the US’s security cooperation relationships and working side-by-side our international partners to improve their critical skills.  We look forward to supporting your security cooperation engagements.  You will see the ETC difference.