A U.S. Defense Budget That Makes China Smile
By
Mackenzie Eaglen
Published
1 day ago
U.S. Army Budget
“More tooth, less tail” is a common refrain from defense leaders in search of more combat power as budgets have flatlined. No matter the topline, it seems defense continues to get less for more. Except when it comes to civilians.
The President’s 2022 budget request proposes to grow the Pentagon’s army of civilians while shrinking active duty endstrength. Biasing one workforce over the other demonstrates an incoherence of priorities.
In the face of global threats, the Biden 2022 budget calls for cuts to the size, or endstrength, of every military service (except the fledgling Space Force), while the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce is set to grow. Active duty rolls will see a reduction of nearly 7,000 servicemembers across the combat-oriented branches. At the same time, the defense federal civilian population will grow by nearly 9,000 employees.
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