Use of Civil Augmentation Progam (CAP) Contracts to Perform Base Opoerating Support-Integrator (BOS-I) in U.S. During Times of High Oconus Demand for Support/Military Forces

Abstract

Today’s strategic competition requires joint force capabilities and operational flexibility for the fights of the future. New operational concepts guaranteeing full deployment capability of military forces and resources from CONUS installations in response to adversary aggression anywhere in the world are necessary. This paper explores the use of Civil Augmentation Program (CAP) contracts to perform base operating support–integrator (BOS-I) in the U.S. during times of high OCONUS demand for military forces deployment. Data available online and through military databases was used to identify current BOS-I functions that can be performed by CAP. This research provides a framework for understanding the military capabilities gained and contract support required by CONUS installations during a major fight requiring a full deployment of available military forces. After 20 years of focus on the Global War on Terrorism, the Department of Defense (DOD) shifts focus to near-peer competition not faced since the end of the Cold War. With an increasingly assertive China and a destabilizing Russia, the DOD must be capable of providing sufficient military force to defend democracy and achieve national objectives.