Army and Defense Transformation impose new and unprecedented demands on the ability of installations to provide a full spectrum of mission support to the nation's armed forces. In the future, installations will play increasingly important roles in application of combat power around the globe. The Objective Force 2015 white paper (now "Future Force") identifies five important roles for installations; they must function as:
- Information hubs
- Power projection platforms
- Secure sanctuaries (Force Protection)
- Holistic communities (community support)
- Combat preparation and sustainment bases.
Although today's installations fill some aspect of these roles already, plans for transformation call for the installation to be an even more integral part of the fight: projecting, commanding, and sustaining forces around the globe more rapidly than ever before. |
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