Combat Service Support (CSS) Enabler Functional Assessment (CEFA)
Abstract
This study was performed at the direction of the Deputy CG, US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The study purpose was: to assess the new FXXI CSS E/I, thereby providing the Commander (CDR), Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) with a tool to aid decision making related to mitigating E/I peacetime (programmatic) and wartime risks. The study objective was: to answer the question "What are the risks associated with the FXXI CSS E/I?" The following four study issues were relevant to answering this major study objective. (1) What are the FXXI CSS E/I as approved by the CASCOM CDR? (2) What are the associated peacetime (programmatic) risks for each CSS E/I? (3) what are the wartime employment risks for each CSS E/I? and (4) What is the basis for assessing peacetime and wartime risk considerations? The principal study conclusion was: the CSS Subject Matter Experts (SME) estimated that most of the 65 FXXI CSS E/I will not be fielded by Fiscal Year (FY) 10. Based on their estimates, any decisions, especially reductions in manpower, which rely on the existence of the E/I during FXXI are at risk. The principal study recommendation was: that HQ TRADOC and the CSS community reassess any ongoing FXXI cuts in CSS spaces attributed to planned reductions in manpower requirements due specifically to fielding the FXXI CSS E/I. For the most part, these reductions are asserted to accrue from hypothesized increases in efficiencies/effectiveness attributable to fielding the new FXXI CSS E/I.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA348455
Entities
People
- Jim Behne