Summary
The Pentagon plans to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilian employees—5% to 8% of its workforce—primarily through voluntary measures.
The reduction includes resignations under the Deferred Resignation Program, a hiring freeze, and the dismissal of 5,400 underperforming probationary employees. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the probationary terminations.
If voluntary cuts fall short, additional measures may follow. Officials stress that military readiness will not be affected, though some veterans are among those leaving.
The Pentagon has not disclosed whether forced layoffs will be necessary.
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Headline makes it sound like they just plan to stab people.
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 disparity.
a witty retort, perfectly timed
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.
I can’t believe Trump is actually doing anti-war stuff.
I can’t believe you think this is anti-war stuff.
If course it’s not; it’s called a joke.
You need to lay the sarcasm on a little thicker
edit: if you’re not going to put an /s on it…which I respect that you didn’t do
So, no more food being cooked for the troops? This might go downhill faster than they think.
