Army Expeditionary Civilian Demand: Forecasting Future Requirements for Civilian Deployments
Abstract
Although the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has long turned to its civilian employees to support overseas contingency operations and emergencies, the use of this workforce has been subject to various revisions in policy over the years. DoD expeditionary civilians (DoD-ECs) fill roles that would otherwise be performed by service members or U.S. government contractor employees, reducing both the burden on service members and DoD's reliance on contractors. However, maintaining sufficient numbers of civilians who are prepared to deploy has remained a challenge for DoD. In 2017, DoD issued Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM)17-004, which included expeditionary civilians in the Global Force Management (GFM) process, an initiative to ensure that organizations across DoD share information about force structure and manpower availability to facilitate planning and timely sourcing of personnel. The policy, which was expected to take effect in fiscal year (FY) 2019, directs DoD force providers to develop a pool of expeditionary civilian employees capable of meeting the requirements of a projected future "demand signal." This demand signal is to be developed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff using data on civilian requirements in past operations. Both the force pool and demand signal are to be reviewed annually as part of the GFM process to ensure that expeditionary civilian availability aligns with anticipated requirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1088629
Entities
People
- Christina Panis
- Jennifer L. Lewis
- Katherine C. Hastings
- Lauren Skrabala
- Leslie A. Payne
- Maria Deyoreo
- Michael Schwille
- Molly Dunigan
- Ryan A. Brown
- Samantha Cherney