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I'm the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army
33 amrrs 46 6/13/2025, 5:57:16 PM thefp.com ↗
Oh, great, vertical integration between the violence organizations and the three worst and most amoral companies in tech. I’m sure nothing bad will come out of this.
Where’s Luckey and Anduril? Did he not pass the drug test?
What do you mean by this? Is its some feeling you have or do you have any objective measure?
Warrant officers are a leftover from an era when you had to be nobility to become a commissioned officer. Today a lieutenant is just a kid with a college degree, and a lieutenant colonel is someone who did an MBA and was promoted into middle management.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/army-reserve-tech-executives-meta-p...
This is just another part of the revolving door that also enables ex generals to get board positions at Lockheed. This time it is the reverse way.
Given that McKinsey ruined the German army, let us see whether this will even improve anything.
I mean nothing ill towards the 'mud hut', but seriously? All these listed names seem like people who've never had to roll in the mud with the rest of the grunts.
... is a term with a specific definition, which a direct commission officer in no way matches. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_commission_officer>
>roll in the mud with the rest of the grunts
Neither have you, yet you presume to speak on their behalf.
It is, or isn't.
In this case, it ain't.
>but you just KNOW these guys are going to play up their veteran status
How do you have such a surplus of outrage, that you can freely spend it on something that so far has only happened in your mind?
>They're not even full time positions.
Yes, that's the definition of a reserve commission.
Ah yes, the "challenges" of sucking up as much data as possible on people around the world (including U.S. citizens) to stop "terrorism"
'New Executive Innovation Corps brings top tech talent into the Army Reserve to bridge the commercial-military tech gap, with four tech leaders set to join as officers.'[1]
lol. As someone else said in this thread, this is basically stolen valor.
[1] https://www.army.mil/article/286317/army_launches_detachment...
Let's not forget about the Defense Digital Service [1]. Of course I'm not sure how much of that is left under the current administration.
[1]: https://www.dds.mil/
It still is. Don’t be fooled by propaganda pieces like this.
It is followed up by two blatant falsehoods:
> But a sea change has taken place in both places because of the urgency and seriousness of the moment.
> Wars in Europe and the Middle East and, above all, the threat of a war in the Pacific have focused the national mind and initiated a scramble for mobilization.
None of this is true in the sense he means it. Businesses have scrambled to have alternatives to China, yes, but that’s nothing to do with the military.
> The Army’s Executive Innovation Corps, under the direction of the Army’s chief of staff, General Randy George, is part of a larger effort by our military to transform the way it prepares for and fights wars in the 21st century.
Expanding the military-industrial complex is of no benefit to anyone other than those in the military-industrial complex (such as the author of this article).
Such transparent self-serving.
politicians and judges allowing trump to run again was a catastrophe, as was American citizens voting for him to get to have another go.