Silicon Valley tech execs are joining the US Army Reserve | TechCrunch
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CTOs from companies including OpenAI, Meta, and Palantir make up this first cohort of CTOs in the Army Reserve.
    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      11 days ago

      everything is different for the “direct commission” route. there’s no boot camp, initial instruction is a joke. you can drop out at any time, and the commitment is minimal. it’s a route leftover from the aristocracy… you know how all the princes have military uniforms and “distinguished military records”. it’s the same thing. you basically get a uniform and connections, but you are never put in any danger. it’s all theater and it is only for people with incredible political connections.

      this is the same route buttigieg took for his military experience.

      • WayeeCool [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        11 days ago

        you know how all the princes have military uniforms and “distinguished military records”

        was gonna say. in the US this has also always applied to upper crest old money families. if a country doesn’t have a monarchy and nobility then it’s the old money families who do this shit. military service as a type of finishing school for male nobility. female nobility just get sent to actual finishing school and don’t have to go through the pretend soldiering… although a few decades ago some European countries started sending their princesses and other female nobility through the military service route.