Re:When 80 percent of US generals go to work for arms makers
by civilitty on Sunday October 08, 2023 @12:12AM
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I’m saying it’d be a lot more plausible an argument if they actually went into roles where some other domain expertise applied. Board members is not one of those roles, especially when they’re joining the boards of companies working on cutting edge tech like AI and drone platforms.
Most of these generals also went through the military academies, not ROTC or some other pipeline. They had to convince a member of Congress to recommend them, so yes navigating politics plays heavily into their career from day one.
Plenty of other career officers go into consulting or actual leadership roles but the generals named in the article are bought off with these board seats to use their influence over military decision makers, not some other nebulous expertise.
Most of these generals also went through the military academies, not ROTC or some other pipeline. They had to convince a member of Congress to recommend them, so yes navigating politics plays heavily into their career from day one.
Plenty of other career officers go into consulting or actual leadership roles but the generals named in the article are bought off with these board seats to use their influence over military decision makers, not some other nebulous expertise.