Why is "62 percent of the Marine Corps’ workforce in finance and accounting services [is] military"?

1stLt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 May 2016 09:19:44 -0400

"62 percent of the Marine
Corps’ workforce in finance and accounting services was
military, in sharp contrast with the Army (17 percent),
Navy (6 percent), and Air Force (2 percent)"

Response by 1stLt Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2016 9:20 AM

1stLt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 May 2016 09:20:11 -0400

https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/reports/51012-Military_Civilian_Report.pdf

Response by 1stLt Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2016 9:21 AM

1stLt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 May 2016 09:21:30 -0400

Link posted

Response by 1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2016 10:02 AM

1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:02:39 -0400

Sir, you must have bored as shit to read that. More power to you. Semper Fidelis. I would give you 1000 up votes for suffering thru that bullshit.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made May 4 at 2016 11:41 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:41:17 -0400

It's a cultural thing. Back in the day MC AD types were in all sorts of roles, preferring to take care of their own. Small in comparison to the other forces, it worked. As time went on, force caps meant work had to shift and Civil Servants were brought in. The Civil Servants were subjected to the A-76 process where the commercial sector bought out the politicians to push them out. Finance is likely one of the few remaining bastions of MIL taking care of MIL directly. So what's left is who does the "inherently governmental" work? One thing I do wonder is if certain pockets are kept open to MIL types for duty cycling purposes. My MC buddies would probably have a better take.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2016 1:39 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 May 2016 13:39:12 -0400

1stLt Private RallyPoint Member Sir, I found the 62% that you mention on page 13. The spreadsheet lists the share of personnel that DoD listed as commercial. Adding up the Marine Corps column, the total comes up to 209 percent. I believe that the 62% is a subset, and does not represent the entire Marine Corps workforce.