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Philip Garrant said the compounding effects of the new administration\u2019s workforce reduction orders, combined with the prospect of a yearlong continuing resolution \u2014 which freezes funding at prior-year levels and stalls the start of new programs \u2014 is \u201cincredibly challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a lot of concern,\u201d Garrant said during a media roundtable at the Air Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado. \u201cAs a command and as a commander, we are going to focus on how can we continue to deliver the mission with the human resources that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump and his team have issued a slew of orders aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/02\/21\/cuts-to-staff-budget-will-boost-military-strength-hegseth-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">significantly reducing the size of the federal civilian workforce<\/a>. On Jan. 28, the Office of Personnel Management, or OPM, offered employees a voluntary deferred resignation program that would allow those approved to leave their government job but receive a paycheck through Sept. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPM has also directed many agencies to fire probationary employees \u2014 most of whom carry that designation because they\u2019ve been in their positions for less than one or two years \u2014 and plans to implement a sweeping reduction in force across the federal government in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garrant said SSC \u201chad a considerable number\u201d of employees apply for the deferred resignation program, which is being implemented this week. The command also has a number of probationary employees who could be affected, and SSC is expecting those cuts to take effect in the next week or two. 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