However, we also have the shining example of the Pentagon's procurement process, which is bloated and in dire need of reform in both the military and civilian ranks.

I can't argue with that. But I can argue that replacing the process is what is needed, not replacing the people. No-bid contracts aren't due to the civil service. Forcing the military to buy specific equipment (from ships and planes to computers) isn't due to the civil service. Those are the responsibility of the political leadership of the civil service.

I'd also hope that we would agree that politicized prosecutions and flagrant civil rights violations should result in termination.

Got any examples? Examples that don't involve Donald Trump or Jan 6 rioters?

The goal is to remove people who are democrat party loyalists and replace them with the people you mention in your first paragraph.

There are almost certainly Democratic party loyalists among the civil service ranks. It is just as certain that there are Republican party loyalists among the civil service. Because right now, working for the civil service does not involve screening by party or by loyalty to any particular person. The loyalty is to the Constitution. And the primary hiring criteria is competence for the job.

If Schedule F is removed, the primary hiring criteria will become party loyalty rather than loyalty to the constitution or to, you know, competence for the job.

--Peter