Clear case— The cuts in personnel strength is UNIFORMED Army soldiers, not Dept of Army Civilians. It is the guys who fight to defend us.
So turn off your rant switch and do some thinking on what the state of the nation’s defense will be when the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines are reduced to a level not seen since the beginning of the Korean War, 63 years ago. And that with an administration who doesn’t know how to keep our troops out of harms way.
1) Cuts in uniformed soldiers. This is a mistake. As I indicated in my post, no one doubts the value of these men and women.
2) Woefully insufficient cuts in government civilians. By and large, these people are unproductive parasites. It is a mistake not to make more cuts in these areas. There is waste, fraud, and abuse all over the place, and it will not get better until the number of government civilians is reduced to where they HAVE to perform efficiently.
I've been involved in Acquisitions. The goal here is "How can I spend $2B?" That's it -- start to finish. Actually accomplishing something of value is not really of interest to the government civilians I've seen. They need to spend money to justify jobs. They don't care if they have anything to show for it.
They hurt the warfighter.