That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor ... disparaging comments about military service. Early in his first presidential ...

Military service has become more of a hot button ... said the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a civilian award, is “the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor,” adding that the civilian ...

The DOD is aligning its civilian workforce with national security priorities. As part of this effort, the DOD is undertaking a strategic reduction of 5-8% percent of its civilian workforce to ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling for a sweeping overhaul of the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce, launching a plan he says is essential to building a leaner ...

Military child care centers and Department of Defense schools are allowed to continue hiring workers with their exemptions from the civilian hiring freeze, according to Pentagon personnel officials.

WASHINGTON — Highly qualified experts, civilian employees ... from government service before the Pentagon fires staff to achieve its target of a 5%-8% workforce reduction. Defense Secretary ...

The Department of Defense is launching a deferred resignation program and early retirement initiative aimed at trimming the size of the civilian workforce, the agency said over the weekend.