U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: The Struggle to Align Forces with Strategy

U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: The Struggle to Align Forces with Strategy
ISBN-10
1442281448
ISBN-13
9781442281448
Category
Political Science
Pages
98
Language
English
Published
2019-12-31
Publisher
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Author
Mark F. Cancian

Description

Annually, CSIS senior adviser Mark Cancian publishes a series of papers on U.S. military forces—their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends, and challenges. The overall theme of this year’s report is the struggle to align forces and strategy because of budget tradeoffs that even defense buildups must make, unrelenting operational demands that stress forces and prevent force structure reductions, and legacy programs whose smooth operations and strong constituencies inhibit rapid change. This report takes a deeper look at the strategic and budget context, the military services, special operations forces, DOD civilians and contractors, and non-DOD national security organizations in the FY 2020 budget.

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