Majority of Retired 4-Star Officers Got Jobs in Defense Industry, New Report Says

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert thanks Lisa Callahan, Lockheed Martin vice president of undersea systems, after a site visit at Lockheed Martin.

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. 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, […]