
The Pentagon wants to reduce its civilian workforce by over 50,000 via attrition and buyouts, in addition to firing probationary workers.
Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday, reported AP.
To reach the goal of a 5% to 8% cut in a civilian workforce of more than 900,000, the official said, the Pentagon aims to slash about 6,000 positions a month by simply not replacing workers who routinely leave.
A key concern is that service members may then be tapped to fill those civilian jobs left empty by the hiring freeze. But the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide personnel details, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to ensure the cuts don’t hurt military readiness.
You can read more of the AP report here.
Military, especially the navy historically have a hard time finding shore duty billets to let their people get a 'short break' between 5 year arduous duty stints at sea. Let the military fill these roles, it'll open up a lot of places for them to still serve their country and get some quality shore duty and not a crap detail like recruiting or the likes.
Some Leftist activist judge will just block this, too.