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The tech industry is falling in line just as expected. Disgraceful. Don't take orders from a LtCol with zero military experience.
by fudged71 9mo ago
The tech industry is falling in line just as expected. Disgraceful. Don't take orders from a LtCol with zero military experience.
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- zouhair 9mo agoYou assume they don't agree.
- petcat 9mo agoNobody is taking orders from these guys. They're advisors.
- ceejayoz 9mo agoThey're advisors with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
- petcat 9mo agoSure. The US military has done this for decades to prevent brain-drain around emerging technologies to the private sector.
- ceejayoz 9mo agoThey could make them plain old Lieutenants for that, yes?
- petcat 9mo agoDistinction without a difference. They're advisors.
- ceejayoz 9mo agoThen why do they need the elevated rank?
- mothballed 9mo agoI have a dumb question but is it possible to arrange exec-tier or at last officer-tier pay for something like a private?
- ceejayoz 9mo agoNo level of normal military pay is gonna be meaningful to these folks, at any rank.
- stronglikedan 9mo agoThey're right above Privates, so still no one (of consequence) is taking orders from them.
- ceejayoz 9mo agoWhat? Per https://www.army.mil/ranks/ https://www.army.mil/ranks/, they outrank all enlisted and warrant officers, plus Second Lieutenants, First Lieutenants, Captains, and Majors. Only full Colonels and the 1-5 star Generals outrank them.
- shikshake 9mo agoTo me it reads the other way around, the big money folks in the tech sector are pushing their influence into the military.
- SketchySeaBeast 9mo agoYeah, this reads as the oligarchy further consolidating power.
- pessimizer 9mo agoYou seem to be confused. When the tech industry starts appointing people to the military, it's America that is falling in line to them.
- jasonfrost 9mo agoDirect commission is a long standing practice, especially for technical fields like medical and now electronic warfare. Surgeons may direct commission to varying field-grade ranks as well, with bonus structure to be competitive with private practice. Military outsources these technical degrees to bring in blood in these voids.
- Gud 9mo agoElectronic warfare is typically done by employed soldiers.