Privatized Military Operations

Abstract

Since the mid 1990s the Department of Defense (DoD) increasingly has viewed contracted support as a "force multiplier" that supplements existing U.S. force structure capacity and capability. This approach combined with a post-Cold War world that has experienced a proliferation of security stability and humanitarian contingencies has resulted in a dramatic expansion of the DoD's reliance on contracted support to supplement or fill resource gaps. Services offered by Privatized Military Operations (PMO) companies provided DoD new and innovative opportunities to complement existing, and often strained or inaccessible, U.S. military forces. Leveraging a combination of outsourcing and privatization, the DoD has fielded combinations of contract and military support, or "hybrid forces" to support multiple operations in recent year, while minimizing the strain on limited U.S. military forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA475075

Entities

People

  • Harry A. Barry
  • James C. Becker Jr.
  • Kenneth L. Boehme
  • Lillian A. Dixon
  • Michael M. Frazier
  • Rhonda L. Ferguson-augustus
  • Robert D. Helgeson
  • Sharon Denny
  • Teddie L. Dyson
  • Veronica R. Crutches

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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

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