Offered here is a way combatant commanders (COCOMs) can provide priority weights and quantitative scores to help shape Service budgets. With COCOMs being the materiel customers and the Services the providers, the proposed system would create a “market” where the Services, COCOMs, Joint Staff, OSD, and Congress can use the program scores to make budgetary decisions. COCOMs would have to keep their shopping lists realistic, while the Services would be inclined toward delivering capabilities and materiels the COCOMs need most. The approach fits existing budgetary procedures and could be useful to any COCOM, Service, the Joint Staff, or OSD |