Analysis / Forces

U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Space, SOF, Civilians, and Contractors

— Mark Cancian

This paper is part of U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022. Military forces featured in this report include the Space Force (fully established but still defining itself), Special Operations Forces (shifting their strategic focus), Department of Defense (DOD) civilians (still growing because of linkage to readiness), and contractors (a permanent element of force structure despite some criticism).

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(U.S. Space Force photo by Airman First Class Thomas Sjoberg)

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Mark Cancian, "U.S. Military Forces in FY 2022: Space, SOF, Civilians, and Contractors," Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 20, 2021, last modified December 20, 2021, https://defense360.csis.org/u-s-military-forces-in-fy-2022-space-sof-civilians-and-contractors/.

Mark Cancian is a senior adviser with the CSIS International Security Program. He joined CSIS in April 2015 from the Office of Management and Budget, where he spent more than seven years as chief of the Force Structure and Investment Division. Previously, he worked on force structure and acquisition issues in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and spent over three decades in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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