Not so fast with the broad brush!
FrogDad is a government employee. He works for DoD. After 24 years of honorable active duty in the military, they pay him to teach his area of expertise to young soldiers. Who better to do that?
There ARE valuable Civil Servants.
There are some like your Dad and unfortunately they are the exception rather than the rule. I retired from the Fed and experienced the effect the flotsam has on the operation of our government.
Within the V.A. system the rule was “F-— up and move up”. I saw it far too frequently. Someone who desperately needed to be fired got transferred, sometimes with a promotion, to another facility. Shootings, rape, employees having sex in closets, nursing home staff charging patients for sexual favors; man, you only have to name it.
I’m glad your Dad is hanging in there to pass on his knowledge. A friend at Redstone said the Fed is on the verge of losing a massive amount of brain power through looming retirements.