The federal workforce civilian hiring freeze will negatively impact the Marine Corps' ability to execute its 194,000-troop force buildup, according to the service's assistant commandant. On Jan. 23, President Trump issued a memo to temporarily freeze all federal hiring of civilians. Gen. Glenn Walters told lawmakers during a Feb. 8 Senate Armed Services readiness subcommittee hearing the service is short contracting officers by 50 percent. Walters said if he is unable to hire contracting officers the Marine Corps may have...
