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Acknowledgments
I wish to thank the following people for their efforts in coordinating the study:
Mr. Andrus Viilu and Mr. Al Soobert at the Office of the Secretary of Defense;
and Dr. Herb Fallin, COL Michael Lavine, and Mr. John Ferguson of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. I
also want to thank AMSAA and ARL for their hard work on the supporting
analysis for this study, and recognize the following people for their assistance
and input: Wilbert Brooks, Philip Beavers, William Yeakel, John Connolly,
Thomas Havel, Michael Zoltoski, Annie Young, Joseph Ploskonka, and especially
Irene Johnson, who led the AMSAA analysis effort.
I want to express my appreciation to my RAND colleagues who reviewed and
commented on various aspects of this report: Randy Steeb, Russ Glenn, Jerry
Sollinger, John Matsumura, Robert Uy, and John Stillion. The efforts of Kenneth
Horn in overseeing this effort were also greatly appreciated. I especially want to
thank my secretary Linda Weiss for her diligence, patience and support. Finally, I
want to thank the RAND Publications Department for their responsiveness in
editing and formatting this document on such short notice.