The Pentagon has long sought to cut personnel and costs associated with support forces, but the need to bolster vertical lift, intelligence and logistics capabilities in Afghanistan shows that goal is obsolete, according to a defense official. In an interview with Inside the Pentagon , Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development David Ochmanek said the Feb. 1 Quadrennial Defense Review did not specify the "tooth-to-tail" ratio of combat forces to support forces, despite a statutory requirement to do...
