4 top execs of Silicon Valley are joining the US Army as Army Reserve Lt. Colonel; here's what the mission is
President Donald Trump salutes during a military parade commemorating the Army's 250th anniversary, coinciding with his 79th birthday, in Washington, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and first lady Melania Trump watch. (AP/PTI)(AP06_15_2025_000056A)
The U.S. Army is establishing Detachment 201: The Army's Executive Innovation Corps, a new initiative designed to fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation. Under this, The US military recently announced that four executives from some of the top tech companies in Silicon Valley have joined the Army Reserve as direct-commissioned officers.
The four new Army Reserve Lt. Cols. are: Shyam Sankar, Chief Technology Officer for Palantir; Andrew Bosworth, Chief Technology Officer of Meta; Kevin Weil, Chief Product Officer of OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, advisor at Thinking Machines Lab and former Chief Research Officer for OpenAI.
What is US Army's Detachment 201 project
Detachment 201 is an effort to recruit senior tech executives to serve part-time in the Army Reserve as senior advisors. In this role they will work on targeted projects to help guide rapid and scalable tech solutions to complex problems. By bringing private-sector know-how into uniform, Det. 201 is supercharging efforts like the Army Transformation Initiative, which aims to make the force leaner, smarter, and more lethal.
What is the mission of the US Army's Detachment 201 project
The swearing-in of the four Silicon Valley top executives is, as per an official press release from the US Army: To be just the start of a bigger mission to inspire more tech pros to serve without leaving their careers, showing the next generation how to make a difference in uniform.
The new reservists will serve for about 120 hours a year, according to the Wall Street Journal, and will have a lot of flexibility to work remotely. They'll work on helping the Army acquire more commercial tech.
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