About 10 percent of flag officer positions can be replaced by lower grades, study says
By Scott Maucione
October 26, 2018 7:46 am
Congress thinks there are too many generals and flag officers holding positions in the Defense Department.
It’s something the 2017 defense authorization act directly addressed by telling DoD to reduce the number of general and flag officer billets by 110 by 2022.
Now, a new RAND study commissioned by the Pentagon finds there are just about that many general and flag officers that are unneeded.
The study revealed that after looking at the requirements for general and flag officer positions, about 132 of the 615 positions didn’t meet the need for such a high ranking official.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2018/10/about-10-percent-of-flag-officer-positions-can-be-replaced-by-lower-grades-study-says/
