I think it's a critical one. I think most of NATO relies to a greater or lesser extent on private support. Certainly we do. We did very extensively throughout the contribution in Afghanistan. So it's something that.... Depending on what types of services you're talking about, it provides a pretty critical enabling function, and it's one that allows military commanders to concentrate the share of forces they send overseas on operational military troops to the greatest extent possible.
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