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DTIC ADA400765: Battlefield Contractors: Assessing the Benefits and... |
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Since the earliest days of the U.S. Armed Forces, |
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civilians in some form or fashion have assisted or |
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facilitated our mission. A level of private sector |
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involvement has varied based upon the tempo of |
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operations, historical events and various reform |
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initiatives. The 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) |
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and its spin off, the Department of Defense Revolution in |
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Business Affairs (RBA) is a classic example of the door |
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widening to further privatize military functions. This is |
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all based upon the premise of fair, competitive |
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outsourcing and finding private corporations that perform |
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the same function but with more efficiency and less cost. |
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The desired end state is an agile DoD infrastructure that |
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has a reduced logistics foot print and a shared reliance |
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with the commercial industry for innovation, technology |
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insertion and systems support. One way of reducing the |
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logistics footprint of the U.S. Army has been through the |
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introduction of Theater Contractor Logistics Support |
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(CLS). There is a growing reliance on CLS battlefield |
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contractors, which accordingly can enhance or degrade |
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military effectiveness. The underlying problems with this |
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contractual arrangement are manifested within the details |
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of the contracts and the laws that support them. The |
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intent of this research will be to review this process |
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over time and uncover the good and the bad of these |
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business relationships. Furthermore, to examine the risks |
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and benefits associated with them and prove that shedding |
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some aspects of the logistics footprint to the private |
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sector not only makes sense but also provides a gateway |
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to transformation. |
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Date Published: 2018-05-06 10:01:45 |
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Identifier: DTIC_ADA400765 |
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Item Size: 42844212 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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