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’ve seen this before
They’re never actually put in charge of anyone or really anything
They usually don’t even walk around in uniform because they have no idea how to behave like an officer or even a member of the military at all
Has there been examples of this before? My question is do they get the VA benefits, etc? Do they get to give lawful orders?