Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations

Pete Hegseth unveils additional $580 million in savings

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that his department cut $580 million in “wasteful spending.” The Department of Government Efficiency is currently auditing federal departments, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seem to agree that defense spending is a problem, given that the Pentagon has failed six consecutive audits.  “So today, I’m signing a memo directing the termination of over $580 million in DoD contracts, in grants…

Pentagon Eyes Deeper Cuts After 21,000 Opt to Resign | The Star News Network

by Brett Rowland   The Pentagon is working toward deeper cuts to its civilian workforce after about 21,000 civilian employees volunteered for a federal Deferred Resignation Program. The department wants to cut 5% to 8% of civilian employees, or about 50,000 to 60,000 employees. Office of Personnel Management sent an email Jan. 28 to nearly all federal employees in the executive branch offering them a deferred resignation package – similar to a b…

Pentagon Eyes Deeper Cuts After 21,000 Opt to Resign - The Virginia Star

by Brett Rowland   The Pentagon is working toward deeper cuts to its civilian workforce after about 21,000 civilian employees volunteered for a federal Deferred Resignation Program. The department wants to cut 5% to 8% of civilian employees, or about 50,000 to 60,000 employees. Office of Personnel Management sent an email Jan. 28 to nearly all federal employees in the executive branch offering them a deferred resignation package – similar to a b…

Defence proposing to cut 374 civilian roles.

Up to 60,000 jobs to be cut at the Pentagon

The Pentagon has confirmed that up to 60,000 civilian Department of Defense jobs will be cut as part of the administration’s plan to redirect resources to “mission critical functions” under President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. During a media briefing on Tuesday, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters, “The department’s been public about its decision to undertake a strategic reduction of 5 to 8 percent of the depar…

Pentagon plans up to 60,000 civilian job cuts

March 19 (UPI) — Massive government job cuts by the Trump administration continued Tuesday as the Pentagon said 50,000-60,000 civilian jobs will be slashed. That’s a 5%-8% defense workforce reduction. But since courts have halted many government firings, the Pentagon will turn to voluntary workforce reductions to eliminate the jobs. ABC News quoted a senior defense official as saying, “The number sounds high, but I would focus on the percentage,…