Aligning the U.S. and Canadian Defense Industrial Bases
July 13, 2026 • 9:00 – 9:20 am EDT
Hosted by All About the Base
Reducing the Number of Senior Executive Service Positions by 25 Percent
Assessing Defense Reform Series
Photo credit: MASTER SGT. THOMAS J. DOSCHER/U.S. Air Force
Cutting the number of SES is consistent with the widespread desire to cut overhead and the existing DoD direction to cut management headquarters. However, the current number of SES is not out of line with history. Further, DoD has proportionally many fewer SES than the domestic agencies.
