Over the Horizon: The Pentagon's Revolving Door -- Robert Farley, World Politics Review
We have long known that retired military officers have a cozy relationship with the military-industrial complex. A recent article in the Boston Globe fleshed out the nature of this relationship, detailing the extent to which retired senior officers have moved to private-sector defense companies in the last decade. Indeed, this career path has become considerably more common: "From 2004 through 2008, 80 percent of retiring three- and four-star officers went to work as consultants or defense executives, according to the Globe analysis. That compares with less than 50 percent who followed that path a decade earlier, from 1994 to 1998." The article helped revive concern about how close ties between defense contractors and the military help entrench the military-industrial complex.
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My Comment: A must read for those who wonder how the U.S. military procurement system works.