Consumption Pattern Reform and the Armed Forces

Considering the irregular growth in consumption and significant waste in national resources، in his New Year Message، the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution called the (Persian) year 1388، “the year of consumption pattern reform”. According to this naming، it is expected that extensive efforts be made to optimize the use and consumption of resources، facilities، weapons and equipment in the armed forces. In this paper، first we review the consumption pattern reform from the view of culture and religious teachings and then examine the principles of consumption pattern reform. After that، the areas of consumption pattern reforms and the role of commanders and managers and employees in the armed forces to implement that will be discussed. Then، some examples of squandering and wasting resources are mentioned and general and case solutions for reforming consumption pattern are provided. It is worth saying that this article is taken from the collection of articles presented at the conference “Consumption Pattern Reform and the Armed Force«that was held on 10/12/1389 by Imam Hussein University with the cooperation of the Center for Research on Systems Engineering. The author، who was the secretary of the conference، has developed and presented this article by making amendments in those articles and modifying and reformatting them.