One has to wonder why a journalism major, SEAL or not, would be chosen to sit on an “innovation board.”
That’s how these guys roll. In a 30-year military career for Admirals/Generals, 15 of those years is spent prancing around Washington and Europe in do-nothing Admiral/General slots, wearing a pretty uniform, living in a house that’s more like a hotel with a full staff, and flying around the world in a Lear-type jet staying at the nicest hotel in town wherever they go. 90% of them are ROD (retired-on-duty, they just mill around smartly and do busy-work). Military Admirals and Generals are ridiculously overmanned, there’s more Admirals than ships and more Army Generals than rifle companies in Europe. The Air Force has more Generals than aircraft squadrons.
After 15 years getting paid 6 figures (it more like a million a year with all the perks, look at what it costs for one single flight in their personal Lear-jet), they slide into retirement and then get right back on the sugar-tit as a contractor, where they’re paid double what they made active duty. The system is set up that way, it’s a total crock. If McRaven is making this kind of screwup, it’s been a LONG time since he’s done any kind of meaningful work or answered to any kind of actual boss.