The Army’s Silicon Valley Reserve Unit Got 3 More Tech Executives. A Year In, Here's What the Unit Has Done.

Published Jul 31, 2026, 5:07 PM EDT

The unit is called Detachment 201, officially the Army's Executive Innovation Corps.

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Published Jul 31, 2026, 5:07 PM EDT

A year ago, the Army did something it had never done before: It commissioned four of the most senior technology executives in the country as lieutenant colonels, allowed them to bypass the standard training pipeline, and told them to help modernize the force part-time while keeping their day jobs at Meta, Palantir and OpenAI. On June 10, the Army added three more. The unit is called Detachment 201, officially the Army's Executive Innovation Corps. Its second cohort commissioned during a ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, timed to the Army's 251st birthday celebration in June. The new officers are: