via Defense Industry Daily.
I'm not willing to pat him on the back yet but it strikes the right tone. Careerist should be alarmed though. If they're going after staff then the cuts to the force will be severe.
US defense secretary Hagel announced a 20% cut of the staff at his office (OSD), in the joint staff, and the service chiefs' headquarters' staff, over 2015-19. More specific details to come, but estimates size the cuts at 3,000 to 5,000 people for $1.5B-$2B in savings.I don't know the details on the cuts, but if they're actual cuts (and that would be a real surprise) then we're about to see the DoD actually shrink at the flabby sections instead of the muscle.
I'm not willing to pat him on the back yet but it strikes the right tone. Careerist should be alarmed though. If they're going after staff then the cuts to the force will be severe.
But...But...I'm an 0-5 and want to live in the Pentagon for the next 15 years being the assistant to the deputy project manager for force management structuralization and man power initiatives!...no crap, a real job title I ran into at the Pentagon.
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