DOD operates two key humanitarian assistance programs: (1) the humanitarian assistance program funded through its OHDACA appropriation7 and (2) the HCA program.8 Projects for both the OHDACA and the HCA programs are generally planned and implemented at the geographic combatant command level, with initial project proposals developed at the embassy (country) level (see apps. II through VIII for information on each DOD geographic combatant command's OHDACA and HCA funding and efforts and app.