"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:07:19 +0700, John B. Slocomb
wrote:


But Bath was a civilian company, wasn't it?

Yes, and that's part of the point. It's a civilian operation using
civilians to build military equipment.

Most of the above responds to the statement "Once upon a time, there
were Army Arsenals, and Navy Yards, where the work got done."

--
Ed Huntress

The "up or out" policy is a primary reason why the military can't
maintain the highly skilled technical workforce to operate an armory:
http://www.g2mil.com/let.htm
"This produces a paranoid officer corps skilled at avoiding blame and
evading problems as they focus their attention on the limited number
chairs for when the music stops and selection board convenes."

-jsw