Four senior executives at Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have been formally appointed lieutenant colonels in the US Army following the creation of a “special” unit created for rich Big Tech mavens seeking military leadership roles. On June 13, the Army announced the creation of Detachment 201, otherwise known as the “Executive Innovation Corps,” which it describes as “a new initiative designed to fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation.” Four ultra-wealthy executives from top tech companies were sworn in to […]
I wonder what rank it is that grants the authority for army officers to approve contracts and funding?  I know the lieutenant colonel in charge of my battalion in Iraq had a ton of authority to disperse funds to contracted Iraqi construction companies.
I wonder what rank it is that grants the authority for army officers to approve contracts and funding?  I know the lieutenant colonel in charge of my battalion in Iraq had a ton of authority to disperse funds to contracted Iraqi construction companies.
 why do these guys need to be officers at all?
That’s what I am not getting. Why? So they can get a military pension? These fuckers are already rich I assume.
So that they can select their friends for some juicy defense contracts.
Or themselves…
Would that be the guy that lost pallets of cash?