Remember some of those who died with the 7th Cavalry Regiment were more or less civilian contractors in this day and age. The Indian Scouts, there was a reporter, just to name of them.
It has been well documented in these forums that in many cases, the support units function including those of quartermaster, cooking, medical, and mechanical/maintenance would be taken over by more and more civilians as well general laborers for Engineering units would be more and more civilians. While more and more troops would take on combat roles in the field, and help out in their former MOS as needed, when the situation dictated. Another thing is one could see local scouts being employed more and more much like they used way back when.
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