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NORAD, Northern Command to Cut 79 Positions as Part of Cost-Savings Measure
fox news | 2/23/11 | staff

Posted on 02/23/2011 9:54:09 PM PST by Nachum

NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command will cut 79 positions as part of Defense Secretary Robert Gates' cost-savings initiative to improve efficiency that he issued late last year.

Commanders said 40 of the positions will be military and 39 will be civilian. Offices most directly affected include chaplains, history, surgeon general and control systems.

Most of the people who lose their jobs will be transferred to other posts in the military, and in some cases the military will help individuals find new employment, a NORAD spokesman told Fox News.

And some of the positions, which are currently vacant, simply will not be filled, the spokesman said.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: command; cut; norad; northern
Brilliant
1 posted on 02/23/2011 9:54:13 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Great. Now NOBODY will see Santa Claus. Way to go, Obama!


2 posted on 02/23/2011 9:56:14 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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3 posted on 02/23/2011 9:56:38 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

kick out the canadians, they’re useless.


4 posted on 02/23/2011 9:59:56 PM PST by max americana
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To: Nachum

When I was active we were asked to give up positions so we created bogus positions and the offered them as part of our down sizing. Just didn’t file the crated positions and were hero’s. We also had positions that we never filled just keep them in case we were asked to down size.


5 posted on 02/23/2011 10:01:24 PM PST by BlueMoose
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

LOL!

Besides, the ChiComs will give Bam a call if they launch anything at us.


6 posted on 02/23/2011 10:02:07 PM PST by bigbob (-)
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To: Nachum

7 posted on 02/23/2011 10:03:25 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Who will polish Rudie's nose ?
8 posted on 02/23/2011 10:11:05 PM PST by BlueMoose
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To: BlueMoose

Yep, I remember that bogus billet strategy. You’d have twelve positions of “X” and the manpower guys refused to fill more than ten of them. So when cut order came....you happily gave up two, but then you were shocked as the manpower guys now refused to fill more than eight slots. There is a plus and minus to this strategy.


9 posted on 02/24/2011 12:18:50 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

when a GS 14 retires desk audit the position for two GS-6 and only fill one.


10 posted on 02/24/2011 12:50:44 AM PST by BlueMoose
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To: BlueMoose

Then the grade creep starts. Manage to budget.


11 posted on 02/24/2011 12:52:57 AM PST by BlueMoose
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To: Nachum

Link

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/23/norad-cut-7-positions-cost-savings-measure/


12 posted on 02/24/2011 6:53:59 AM PST by Whenifhow
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To: Nachum

79? lol. For the DoD that’s, what, a single project management team to write a mouse driver that takes one guy to write?


13 posted on 02/24/2011 11:45:26 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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