{"id":148172,"date":"2023-10-05T08:10:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148172"},"modified":"2023-10-05T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:10:31","slug":"majority-of-retired-4-stars-employed-by-defense-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148172","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Retired 4-Stars Employed by Defense Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Majority of Retired 4-Star Officers Got Jobs in Defense Industry, New Report Says<\/h3>\n

More than 80% of the highest-ranking military officers who left the service over the past five years moved into jobs working for the defense industry, according to a new think tank report.<\/p>\n

Twenty-six of the 32 four-star officers who retired after June 2018 were then employed by “the arms industry as board members, advisors, executives, consultants, lobbyists, or members of financial institutions that invest in the defense sector,” according to the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a defense-focused think tank that advocates for peace and diplomacy.<\/p>\n

The report argues that the staggering statistic “generates the appearance — and in some cases the reality — of conflicts of interest in the making of defense policy and in the shaping of the size and composition of the Pentagon budget.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military.com<\/a><\/p>\n

This absolutely unsurprising news leaves unanswered what the remaining 20% of retired four-stars do. 5 US Code Section 3326 mandates a 180-day waiting period between military retirement and an appointment to the DOD ostensibly to prevent the appearance of conflicting, special interests. Should Big Defense do likewise? Because it’s all about appearances. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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