⚔️Army commissions four tech executives as lieutenant colonels
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The U.S. Army directly commissioned four tech billionaires—Meta's CTO, Palantir's CTO, OpenAI's chief product officer, and a former OpenAI executive—as lieutenant colonels in a new "Executive Innovation Corps" called Detachment 201, bypassing traditional military training while granting them authority over military technology decisions worth billions in defense contracts.
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Why This Matters
💻 Tech executives control weapons procurement
Defense contractors now wear Army uniforms and influence military strategy, designing systems to maximize profits over soldier safety.
💸 Billionaire privilege destroys merit-based promotion
Executives skipped basic training and decades of service that real officers endured, proving money trumps competence.
🤝 Palantir CTO advises Army while seeking contracts
Obvious corruption where corporate profits drive military decisions instead of national defense needs.
⚖️ Civilian control of military collapses
Corporate executives violate the principle that officers serve only the Constitution, not private profit or shareholder interests.
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What specific legal mechanism did the Army use to bypass normal commissioning requirements for these tech executives?
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Which defense contract specifically connects Palantir to Army procurement decisions that Shyam Sankar now influences?
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What specific military transformation initiative does Detachment 201 claim to support?
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