Civilianizing Army Generating Forces

Abstract

This paper examines the replacement of Army support forces, known as generating forces, with contractors and proposes criteria for when such contracting should and should not be accomplished. The paper begins with a historical review of contract support to Army operations from the Revolutionary War to present. A detailed look at the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) is included in this review. Following the review, the paper addresses the advantages and disadvantages of contracting combat support and combat service support on the battlefield and proposes criteria for when contractors should and should not be used. These criteria are then applied to a 1999 proposal by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to civilianize Army engineer units, to test the criteria's usefulness and applicability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2000
Accession Number
ADA376306

Entities

People

  • Donald R. Curtis Jr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Military Operations
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design