Yep years ago a coworker said the only way to prevent government growth is to limit the money. In the small organization Im in we have 2 leaders in case one is deployed which has never happened. We have 5 admin people doing what 2 use to do and at higher grades. We have 4 Jr officers and I have no idea what they do. We have a virtual platoon of environmental types finding ways to prevent work getting done. I was told our HQs has 600 people by visiting HQ types, which explains all the meaningless data requests I get. Im embarrassed to tell what their 5 day trip was about. I could have provided the info and sent it to them. Of course theyll be visiting several other bases. Somebody referred to it as Operation Enduring Per Diem. The amount of money we waste is just staggering.
“Operation Enduring Per Diem” is the most accurate description I've ever seen!