#Manpower engineering contractors professional#
The minute we became a professional army again, we used contractors, and post-Cold War, part of that peace dividend was to move to an even greater use of contractors.Ĭross cited the British Army Reserve’s Engineer and Logistic Staff Corps, which today is made up of civilians from the industry who meet and work with regular forces. “Yet it’s only relatively recently that we have found ourselves without an army, a navy and an air force – a conscripted force – that was big enough do everything on its own. “Two decades ago I presented a brief on how contractors were being used in Crimea and South Africa during the Boer War,” said Cross. Since that time, he has been a champion for humanitarian efforts and insists that dwindling personnel numbers within the world’s armed forces will mean the private industry will be more heavily relied upon than ever. He was also the man responsible for co-ordinating multinational troops and civilian agencies in establishing refugee camps in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. Major General (Rtd.) Timothy Cross, formerly the General Officer Commanding, Theatre Troops, Iraq, was instrumental in the rebuilding effort after the Iraq War.
Increasing numbers of contractors will be required to support the warfighter on operations, while also supporting low-intensity peacekeeping missions, according to one of the senior officers in charge of rebuilding Iraq. Civil engineers will be more crucial than ever to the Armed Forces in the coming years
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