Personnel
Replace 80,000 Military Personnel in Support Positions With Civilian Employees
The Department of Defense could transfer some of those positions to civilian employees and decrease the number of military personnel accordingly. In 2012, about 340,000 active-duty military personnel were assigned to commercial positions that perform support functions. Those functions require skills that could be obtained from the private sector so that, in principle, those same positions could be filled by civilian employees.
SAVINGS
$3.1-$5.7 billion per year
STATUS
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