I think that's all quite correct.
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Rex Brynen
Militaries, on the other hand, need to be able to develop area- or issue-specific surge analysis capacities to meet current operational needs, which may be very different a few years down the line. I can see this coming from contracted social scientists where in-house uniformed capacities are unable to meet this (in which case, you're exactly right--it wouldn't be part of your "regular" formation ISTAR capability).
This is all separate from how well the current HTS system is actually doing this at the moment, an issue on which I really don't have enough information to judge, but do have some concerns.
You, Sir, are a master of understatement -- I have major concerns about it even though I acknowledge the need in the paragraph above. My perception is that the downsizing and shoving under the bus of the Foreign Area Officer program by the Army was a terrible mistake...