How difficult is it to get booted out of the Army? Answer, if you do certain things, it's pretty easy. Being in the Army is working for the federal government. So just like any other job, it is about the same. The reason some positions are harder to fire people is because of either seniority, or a process of due rights that some kind of misconduct or something like that needs to be proven. Like if you're a lab tech who mishandled nuclear material while joking around, you're probably going to get fired and rendered unemployable in that line of work, at least for the government anyway. You might ask, why do many agencies have rules like this in place that make firing people not as easy as telling them they have 10 minutes to pack up and leave? Because they want to keep good employees. Like anywhere else, people who aren't good don't last. There's exceptions definitely, but they aren't the norm. Things are going to always fall through the cracks or not noticed. It happens in the private sector too. A productive employee is more likely to stay somewhere they don't have to worry about their boss coming in one day and randomly firing 10 people because they're in a bad mood.