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U.S. Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant colonels

The Army is swearing in top tech executives from Meta, OpenAI and Palantir as senior officers to be part-time advisors.

The idea of incorporating private-sector expertise is right out of Ukraine as soldiers there who are engineers or computer scientists in their day jobs are MacGyvering makeshift drones or 3D printing parts to use on the front lines against Russia. The four men will be directly commissioned as officers in the Army Reserve, a hybrid, part-time position that is commonly offered to a range of candidates in highly-trained professionals fields, including doctors, lawyers, veteranrians and others with specific industry skills, such as logistics. “I have accepted this commission in a personal capacity because I am deeply invested in helping advance American technological innovation,” Bosworth wrote in a post on X, adding that their primary role will be as technical experts for Army modernization efforts.

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