ColonelRETJohn

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Slashing and burning the waste at DOD

For decades we frittered around the margins - real changes are now happening

Apr 15, 2025
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Secretary Hegseth made a big announcement at DOD on cutting $5.1B of superfluous contracts. I worked this area closely when I was in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

The more “help” we had from contracts like this, the slower we moved.

I know some who are being personally affected by these cuts. Some of them are right minded, superstars. I f…

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