cooperative security location

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A cooperative security location (CSL) is a U.S. military term for facilities used for regional training in counterterrorism and interdiction of drug trafficking, and also to provide contingency access to continental areas.

"A CSL is a host-nation facility with little or no permanent U.S. personnel presence, which may contain equipment and/or logistical arrangements and serve for security cooperation activities and contingency access."{{cite web |title=Strategic Theater Transformation |url=http://www.eucom.mil/english/Transformation/Transform_Blue.asp |date=2005-01-14 |publisher=United States European Command |access-date=2007-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204141322/http://www.eucom.mil/english/Transformation/Transform_Blue.asp |archive-date=2007-02-04}} These sites were established as the Pentagon began to address regional threats primarily in Africa and Latin America following its 2004 global posture review.{{cite news|url=http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/article/21826/US-European-Command-Statement-Following-President|title=U.S. European Command Statement Following President Bush’s Remarks Addressing Global Posture|date=2004-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331030421/http://www.eucom.mil/media-library/article/21826/US-European-Command-Statement-Following-President|archive-date=2017-03-31|publisher=United States European Command|access-date=2007-02-07|url-status=dead}} They are sometimes referred to as "lily pads".{{cite news |title=Presence, Not Permanence |url=http://www.afa.org/magazine/Aug2006/0806presence.asp |date=August 2006 |publisher=United States Air Force |access-date=2007-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107055655/http://www.afa.org/magazine/Aug2006/0806presence.asp |archive-date=2006-11-07}} The establishment of such bases accelerated under the Obama administration, especially with the pivot to the Asia-Pacific region and increased operations in Africa.Vine, David. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-vine/us-military-bases_b_1676006.html "The Lily-Pad Strategy: How the Pentagon Is Quietly Transforming Its Overseas Base Empire"]. The Huffington Post, 16 July 2012. A CSL is not a forward operating site (FOS) with a small permanent force or contractor personnel or a main operating base (MOB), with a large force and a well-defended site. Canada has established operational support hubs that operate in a similar fashion and can be reached by Canada's fleet of C-17 cargo aircraft.Berthiaume, Lee. [http://o.canada.com/2012/07/19/new-military-outposts-key-to-more-overseas-missions/ "New military outposts key to more overseas missions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720202931/http://o.canada.com/2012/07/19/new-military-outposts-key-to-more-overseas-missions/ |date=2012-07-20 }}. Postmedia Network, 19 July 2012.