Today is the deadline for the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness to submit “future-state” organizational charts to Secretary Pete Hegseth. The documents come from service secretaries, directors of DOD agencies and other leaders identifying potential civilian positions to cut, as Military Times reported.

“To successfully deter America’s adversaries and posture our forces to prevail in combat, we must focus our efforts and our resources on our top priorities,” Deputy Secretary Stephen Feinberg wrote in an April 7 memo. “Optimizing the organizational structure and civilian workforce of the department is foundational to that effort.”

The memo lays out how to determine which jobs are “mission-first.”

“If this position didn’t exist today, and we were at war tomorrow, would we create it?” the memo asks. “If the answer is no, it should be consolidated, restructured or eliminated.”

DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza