I am a civilian employee working on a military base. The Army in particular hires civilians or contracts out as much work as possible for a very specific reason. Their numbers are limited by congress, if they can hire a civilian to do a non-combat job, that lets them fill that slot with a rifle rather than a broom.
That is good for you , but less than 5% of our current military is “carrying a rifle” right now. Put them to work on base, or downsize.
We have fully trained MPs, but they do not handle security at our military bases? Totally unacceptable.