Officials from across the military this week began a weeks-long exercise at Ft. Bliss, TX, aimed at improving how U.S. forces purchase supplies and services from private companies during future wars, one of several 2014 initiatives devoted to honing the relatively new discipline of operational contract support. The drill's scenario is based on a "complex catastrophe" in the U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility, involving participants from across the Defense Department as well as civilian first responders and industry officials,...
