Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant colonels

[Metaphorical]

2. Not all THAT surprising

Experienced doctors are routinely brought into the military at Major or LC ranks, typically because people with both military leadership and technical/medical skills at that level are VERY rare. Now, personally, I think most senior tech management in the AI space are probably not worth it, but given everything else going on, I'm just surprised they're not handing out OC6 or 7 ranks.