Sierra Army Depot hosted a Colombian delegation led by Vice Minister of Defense Jairo GarcÃa Guerrero, vice minister for strategy and planning for the Republic of Colombia, Nov. 2.
Guerrero met with several U.S. military representatives for a joint visual inspection of 200 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles and to discuss the overhaul, shipment and long-term sustainment of the vehicles.
Colombia will receive the ASVs through an excess defense article grant. EDA are equipment that are excess to Army requirements or no longer part of the Army inventory and have been designated available to approved international partners through the foreign military sales process.