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Defense Department Layoffs Expected To Start Soon, Officials Say

The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

The Trump administration has directed defense agencies to turn over a list of their probationary employees by the end of Tuesday, with the expectation that many could be laid off as soon as this week, according to five people familiar with the matter.

The directive coincides with the arrival at the Pentagon of personnel from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, which has overseen the firing of thousands of probationary employees in other federal agencies and coordinated the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

It was not immediately clear whether any probationary employees in the Defense Department will be exempt from plans to reduce headcount, but the expectation is that many will not, people familiar with the matter said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

The Pentagon referred questions to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which has had a leading hand in reshaping the government during President Donald Trump’s first month in office. Spokespeople for OPM and DOGE did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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