The document discusses a 1996 Defense Science Board report that recommended the Department of Defense focus solely on warfighting, direct battlefield support, policymaking, and oversight. All other activities would be outsourced to the private sector. It also provides statistics on deployable vs. non-deployable personnel in the DOD from 1997-1998 and 2005-2004. Charts show projections of contractor full-time equivalents working for the DOD from 2010-2017.

1. Outsourcing(
20072007

2. 24

4. 620%8%3

6. OutsourcingOutsourcing
8,0003
8
24%

7. 245,000

8. 5,0005

10. 5,0001,500

12. The DSB (Defense Science Board of the DOD, 1996)
second task force report provided a new vision for the
DOD (Department of Defense, which includes the US
army, air force and navy):
“DOD would only provide war fighting,
direct battlefield support, policy- and
decision-making, and oversight
activities.
All other activities would be done by
the private sector.”
“DOD would only provide war fighting,
direct battlefield support, policy- and
decision-making, and oversight
activities.
All other activities would be done by
the private sector.”

13. 25%
15%25%
3%6%
40%
40%
28%

14. DODDOD
DSBDSB
15 30
3% 6%
DOD
DSB- Defense Science Board Federal Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Defense:

15. 2005-20042005-2004
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16. 24% 176 Deployable
43%19% 136
25% 183 Non Deployable
57%32% 227
100% 722
CBO, 19971998

17. 1998
57% 410 non-deployable(
40% 289
70%
CBO, 19971998

19. 24% 30
deployable
19% 23
57% 74 non deployable
100% 127
IISS,2006CBO 1997(

20. 70%non-deployable
57%
70%
;40%
;20%
10%90%

21. 8,00034,500
34012,50040
8,0002004020%.
30%

22. 50%.
30%20%10%
25%

24. 82014

25. 4.5%
5
2.24.5%
25%8.8
20%3.3

26. 18% 8.8 5.5 3.3
4.5% 2.2 1.1 1.1
25%25% 25%25% 20%20% 33%33%

27. 6,500 26,000
1,600 1,600
1,500 1,500
8,000 8,000
4,000 40,000
3,000 20,000
800 800
25,400
2

28. 0.8
2.3
3.7
4.7
6.2
7.6
8.8 8.8
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

29. 0.2
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.9
2.2 2.2
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017