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COL Mustard

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9. It used to be that a Government career provided stability

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2025, 07:37 AM

Feb 14

You took the job not for money, because many of us can make more in the private sector, but for the mission.

It used to be that way.

I just wonder what's going to happen when they come to DOD. It's a big organization and lots of probationaries. Always a good move to cut out the next generation. (No, it's NOT a good move.)

My sympathies to everyone who's lost a job or is in danger of losing a job under this reign of terror.

And to MAGATs everywhere: FUCK YOU. You caused this.

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