Vacant Senior DoD Staffers, Industrial Decline: Does It Matter?

Unstaffed DoD

• Arnold Punaro, a retired USMC Maj. General and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)’s new chairman, made a list of vacant senior civilian positions at the Department of Defense, and it’s a pretty long one. Either these roles are needed, and you have to wonder why the Administration has in many cases not even nominated replacements. Or they’re not essential, and DoD should officially terminate these deputy and assistant secretary jobs.