STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. DoD has lots of people with those types of degrees. The commercial world pays well for this and thegovernment needs to be competitive to attract and retain them.
Got it.
Yeah we didn’t have much turnover in Naval aviation maintenance engineering that I’m aware of.
Also, in the private sector I’ve seen engineering types get relocated all over the world and if they didn’t like it well, too bad.