USMC Attemps To Reduce Outsourcing

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unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.

To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.

(This space reserved for a legally correct snark dump.) It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.

unhappycamper summary of this article: This change is probably being forced by budget woes.



The plan was announced after several years of growth within the civilian force that serves the Corps. In 2006, there were about 28,000 civilians working for the service, Marine officials. That number has grown annually, with about 29,000 in 2007, 31,000 in 2008, 33,000 in 2009 and 34,000 as of this summer, said Maj. Shawn Haney, a Marine spokeswoman.

http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/09/marine-corps-to-reduce-civilian-hiring-090410w/