{"id":84471,"date":"2025-05-21T17:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/21\/space-force-sees-outsized-impact-from-civilian-workforce-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:18:40","slug":"space-force-sees-outsized-impact-from-civilian-workforce-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2025\/05\/21\/space-force-sees-outsized-impact-from-civilian-workforce-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Force sees \u2018outsized impact\u2019 from civilian workforce cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts to shrink the size of the civilian workforce across the federal government and within the Pentagon are having a disproportionate effect on the Space Force, according to the service\u2019s top general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told lawmakers Tuesday that the Space Force, the U.S. military\u2019s smallest service, has lost almost 14% of its civilian workforce in recent months, due largely to early retirement and resignation incentives implemented by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe understand the desire to reduce the civilian workforce,\u201d Saltzman said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. \u201cIt\u2019s just having a little bit of an outsized impact on the Space Force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon wants to cut about 8% of its civilian workforce as part of a broader effort to slash the federal government\u2019s footprint. As of mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/18\/almost-21000-dod-employees-approved-to-resign-amid-workforce-cuts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/18\/almost-21000-dod-employees-approved-to-resign-amid-workforce-cuts\/\">the Defense Department had approved 21,000 resignations<\/a>, and more reductions are expected to come through early retirement incentives and moves to fire a portion of the department\u2019s probationary employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force, established in 2019 during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term in office, has approximately 14,000 members, about 4,000 of which are civilians. As workforce reduction measures started to be implemented earlier this year, service leaders expressed concern about how cuts to Space Force civilians might impact efforts to expand expertise, particularly among its acquisition cadre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in early March at the annual Air Force Association conference in Aurora, Colorado, Lt. Gen. 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Gen. Stephen Purdy, the Space Force\u2019s acting space acquisition executive, said the service is still assessing the risk of these workforce gaps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the service hasn\u2019t had a chance to \u201cfully absorb the numbers\u201d and their impact on the acquisition enterprise, Purdy said organizations like SSC, the Space Development Agency and the service\u2019s innovation arm SpaceWERX are concerned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is, I would say, trouble brewing,\u201d Purdy said. \u201cWe\u2019re worried about the numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the May 14 hearing, Rep. 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