External Support for the Army in the Persian Gulf War.

Abstract

This study provides a history of the Army's use of External Support assets (host nation support and contractors) during the Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm) in 1990 and 1991. The study details the Army's extensive reliance on external support and concludes that the prosecution of the war would have been significantly different had the Army not been able to rely on external support both in the early days of Operation Desert Shield and in Operation Desert Storm. The study shows how important contractors were compared to host nation support.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA339879

Entities

People

  • John R. Brinkerhoff

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Logistics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military History
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Therapy
  • Transportation Infrastructure
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

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