Pentagon aims to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilians
Pentagon aims to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilians
The Pentagon aims to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilians -- and 21,000 voluntary resignations have been accepted so far.
Summary
The Pentagon plans to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilian employees—5% to 8% of its workforce—primarily through voluntary measures.
So far, 21,000 employees have been approved to resign under the Deferred Resignation Program, which allows them to remain on payroll until September 30.
The reduction also includes a hiring freeze and the dismissal of 5,400 probationary (new) employees, though a federal judge has temporarily blocked the terminations.
Officials stress military readiness will not be affected, but the Pentagon has not ruled out forced layoffs if voluntary cuts fall short.
With like what? A razor? A knife? And also how deep?!
Came here to make the same joke, then saw you had a net downvoted.
We gotta joke about things sometimes, or we’ll roll over and give up in despair.
a witty retort, perfectly timed
edit:
How deep?
to the deepest depths of your soul
Excellent - this will make their imperialist expansionist/invasion planning and logistics a little more difficult.
Or, this is an attempt to reduce the number of cogs that can/will freeze if asked to do immoral things. Like, the higher the number of people who are running the military, the more people there are that can stop you from the inside if your orders are Nazi-ish.
Incorrect. This will make our government's imperialist invasions much easier, since our government is an extension of the russian state and the US military can only possibly get in their way.
Yes, they have been on a tear, replacing qualified people with "I will kill for you" sycophants, so - more of the same.
So, no more food being cooked for the troops? This might go downhill faster than they think.