Pentagon failed to assess impact of cuts to civilian workforce, watchdog finds
Photo: Military TimesRoughly 78,000 civilian positions were eliminated in 2025 — about 10% of a workforce that originally exceeded 793,000
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Originally published by Military Times. Summary and curation by DutyStation.ai.
