It reminds me of a personal story.
My mother-in-law used to work at an egg processing plant, candling, sorting, packaging etc.
The company was bought by another egg producer and was closed to consolidate their plants in another county, so she lost her job.
The USDA government EGG inspectors did not lose their jobs.
Being government employees, they were just transferred to another place in the government to INSPECT stuff.
Asked where one of them, a female, was going, she replied she was going downstate to an Defense Electronics manufacturer to INSPECT ELECTRONIC MISSILE COMPONENTS.................
I’m not doubting your veracity - I do believe you have honestly recounted what you were told.
I do, however, doubt the veracity of the story itself. USDA is not charged with inspecting missile components.