2004 Logistics Demensions vol2DIANE Publishing |
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acquisition active active-duty aerial refueling Air Combat Command Air Force areas Army Available avionics base Battlefield Block 30 Fleet budget capability Challenges of Supporting civilian comptroller conflict continue contracted procurement services contracting officer contractor employees contractor personnel contractor support Defense deployed deployment commander depot effective engine ensure equipment fighter fighter aircraft Financial Managers flying Force Multipliers fuel functions funding future Geneva Conventions Ibid impact inherently governmental integration Iraq Iraqi Freedom issues Joint Kuwait leadership limited logistics support maintain maintenance military logistics mission National network control centers noncombatants Online organizations outsourcing percent performance potential problem reliance on contractors requirements reserve component responsibility role sponsored reserve squadron status Strategic Force Multipliers Supporting Aging Aircraft Supporting Tired Iron tactical theater Train Wreck Transformation or Train UAV Pilots United unlawful combatants USAF warfighter weapon system wing commander workforce
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Página 268 - By universal agreement and practice, the law of war draws a distinction between the armed forces and the peaceful populations of belligerent nations and also between those who are lawful and unlawful combatants. Lawful combatants are subject to capture and detention as prisoners of war by opposing military forces. Unlawful combatants are likewise subject to capture and detention, but in addition they are subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals for acts which render their belligerency...
Página 11 - In sum, since technology and war operate on a logic that is not only different but actually opposed, the conceptual framework that is useful, even vital, for dealing with the one should not be allowed to interfere with the other. In an age when military budgets, military attitudes, and what passes for military thought often seem centered on technological considerations and even obsessed by them, this distinction is of vital importance. In the words of a famous Hebrew proverb: "The deed accomplishes,...
Página 228 - inherently governmental function" is a function that is so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by Government employees.
Página 209 - Governmental function is a function which is so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by Government employees. These functions include those activities which require either the exercise of discretion in applying Government authority or the use of value judgment in making decisions for the Government...
Página 251 - It is clear that government workers need to perform certain warfighting, judicial, enforcement, regulatory, and policymaking functions, and the government may need to retain an in-house capability even in functions that are largely outsourced. Certain other capabilities, such as adequate acquisition skills to manage costs, quality, and performance and to be smart buyers of products and services, or other competencies such as those directly linked to national security, also must be retained in-house...
Página 9 - Further, the fact that technological solutions are inappropriate in certain situations does not mean that technology is always unsuited to problem resolution. Technology cannot be viewed as a separate entity within either the military or society in general. This illusion of discreteness simply does not exist. It is and will remain an integral part of both. The real issue is to recognize that technology is a tool with limitations, and these limitations should be considered in reacting to particular...
Página 183 - We must try always to think of an enemy' s looking for the decisive points in the partnership. What we want to make strong, they will try to weaken. Where we want agility, they will want to paralyse us. What we can do to our enemy, we can do to ourselves by lack of attention. So all concerned with operations and logistics must protect and care for the partnership and the things it needs for success. This includes stuff and information and people. Also, we must not forget the corollary is just as...
Página 8 - ... to expand and improve them hastily once conflict has broken out. This may not be as possible in the future as it has been in the past. A declining industrial base, flat or declining defense budgets, force drawdowns, and base closures have contributed to eliminating or restricting the infrastructure that made rapid expansion possible.
Página 266 - Members of the armed forces of a Party to a conflict (other than medical personnel and chaplains covered by Article 33 of the Third Convention) are combatants, that is to say, they have the right to participate directly in hostilities.
Página 17 - It also can be seen in our work in making dramatic improvements to the Air Force supply system and developing high-impact logistics publications and our leadership in planning and making logistics play in wargames, simulations, and exercises truly meaningful. The message is also loud — we work the important projects that shape tomorrow's Air Force, and we deliver what our customers need today!