The In-Lieu-Of Myth

<p>This paper finds that because the ILO program inflicts significant critical effects on the long-term health of the supporting -- and hence supported -- forces continuing the ILO program as presently administered is not a viable long-term option. In fact the crux of the problem is bigger: the nature of the modern battlefield has outpaced a legacy force built upon cold-war era doctrinal allocation of combat support roles among the services. The ILO problem is merely symptomatic of a long-term evolutionary change in the warfighting environment and masks the full impact of combat support manpower shortfalls that will grow in relative deficiency as this evolution matures. The paper concludes by recommending solutions in four areas: decreasing combatant commander demand for ILO forces increasing supporting service capacity reducing home station demand for support forces and increasing real force levels.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>