Crisis Mode

Army folks aren't the only ones thinking about the impact of the global economic crisis on U.S. defense operations. Defense Business Board officials, whose recommendation to close U.S. Joint Forces Command made waves over the summer, are slated to brief the results of a new study on the hot topic at their Jan. 20 meeting, a board official told us today. According to the study's title, the review will also consider the effects of the economic crisis on allies.

Some meeting notices for the DBB task force previously suggested a separate report would be released on the country of Germany. That is because at one point the board's plan was to release a series of reports, each focusing on one U.S. ally, according to the DBB official. But board members changed their mind and are now planning to consider all allies in one treatise, the official said.