The rotating post thing is mostly to avoid empire-building and disrupt personal loyalty to leadership, because standing armies are incredibly dangerous things t

The rotating post thing is mostly to avoid empire-building and disrupt personal loyalty to leadership, because standing armies are incredibly dangerous things to keep around and that reduces the risk. It has side-benefits particular to the military mostly related to how adaptable the organization is when lots of its members are being killed and disabled at a high rate. I don’t think you’d find a lot of takers for a rotating-post offer in the broader public sector, without far higher wages. I think most of the folks willing to do that for low wages are already in the military or the foreign service.