The problem is two fold, the first is that any change in process or procedure has to be approved by a committee that probably has nothing to do with IT at all; and the second is that the DoD is full of higher ranking officers that if you have a 3 day turn around for a repair – for example, they will threaten your very existence unless they are not done immediately.

The only solution I can think off is that the IT has to be removed from the DoD, and assigned its own budget and director.

Think about how many warlords we could bribe to protect American corporate interests in countries we aren’t supposed to be involved in instead of new functions IT. Those American friendly dictators aren’t going to arm and install themselves.