[Natural Law]

As one who spent time in combat arms in Vietnam and time in a technical MOS afterward I can attest to the severe drop off in warrior ethos in the army in rear echelon (REMF) troops. The current move is long over due. Not since the end of the Korean conflict have we had a sustained traditional battle-line conflict. This should just be the beginning, there are many functions like cook, mechanic (reporter like Al Gore) that can and should be done by civilian contractors.

[Cobra64]

This should just be the beginning, there are many functions like cook, mechanic (reporter like Al Gore) that can and should be done by civilian contractors.

Yup. Let the contractors do the non-combatant light lifting. Why run cook, mechanic, clerk types, etc through combat training; and then assign them to peeling potatoes, ladling soup, changing HumVee oil and shuffling papers?

[Dedbone]

This should just be the beginning, there are many functions like cook, mechanic (reporter like Al Gore) that can and should be done by civilian contractors.

As a civilian would you work for E-3 wages?