Your post wasn't as clear as you may think, Willi B - my tax returns used to name 'Department of Defence' as the employer in my service years.
That's why I took issue with you, as I know a lot of good people who work or have worked within the Dept in uniform.
It would also be quite arrogant to make comments like yours about the civilian side of the organisation without a good knowledge of the intimate workings of it. Do you have that? If so, well and good, but it annoys me to see inflammatory comments like 'haven for indolent left handed basket weavers' rather than useful argument backed up with evidence.