Contracting: Creating Gaps in Expeditionary Warfighting Capability

Abstract

The Army, through expanded use of CLS for services and organic maintenance, has created the potential for capability gaps in critical support systems required for the execution of scenarios like containing a mass migration of refugees from Mexico into the U.S., and possibly more serious expeditionary situations significant to U.S. national security interests. Illustrative of these emerging gaps is the Army's use of CLS to meet Bulk Class III and field feeding requirements along with combat vehicle and aviation maintenance support. CLS initiatives such as these are setting the stage for downstream impacts on unit training capability, operational employability, and personnel retention rates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA543684

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Ellis

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Employment
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Evacuation
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Pilots
  • Security
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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