Senior US defense official discusses Pentagon cutting 60,000 civilian jobs

About one third of employees of the Ministry of Defense (Dod) will reject voluntarily going through the delayed resignation program, a senior US defense official said on Tuesday.

“More than 20,000, near 21,000 employees who have voluntarily participated in the delayed resignation program. So, they will actually be achieved over time,” said the defense officer during the media briefing. “We are in the process of setting up those employees who have been approved on administrative leave.”

DOD aligns its civil labor with national security priorities. As part of this effort, the DOD takes a strategic reduction of 5-8% of its civil labor to direct resources and labor according to missions-critical functions.

The picture breaks down at about 50-60,000. From them, to 32,000 veterans They could lose their civil jobs DOD.

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The Ministry of Defense is prepared to reduce up to 60,000 civilian jobs. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)

“We definitely look at the case again as we plan to reduce labor,” the elderly American Defense Officer, who served for more than 10 years in the army before working in a ward on a civilian side.

“So there are so many critical skills and experiences that veterans can offer. It is part of the analysis. When we consider who contributes to the basic mission functions and who should be detained,” he said.

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Defense Minister Hegsetth arrives in Pentagon, Monday, January 27, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The seal of the Ministry of Defense is seen on the pedestal in Pentagon, September 27, 2022 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Together with a delayed resignation program, the department removes certain trial employees and establishes employment freezing. Each of the initiatives, directs Minister of Defense Pete Hegsetth, It is focused on the criticality of the workforce mission to promote lethality, willingness and warfare.

“So, the department is the manager of the US taxpayers’ money. We have to be good managers and responsible for that money, and also ensure that we are making a mission and that the focus on the mission is made,” the official said.