Detachment 201

Detachment 201, also known as the Executive Innovation Corps, is a United States Army Reserve group formed of US technology executives directly commissioned to the rank of Lieutenant colonel. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The Army's stated purpose of the initiative is to "fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation" by recruiting senior tech executives to serve part-time in the Army Reserve as senior advisors. ^[2] A statement by the United States Army made on social media said the group "will work on targeted projects to help guide rapid and scalable tech solutions to complex problems" in order to "make the force leaner, smarter, and more lethal." ^[4]

The initial group of executives sworn into on June 13, 2025 includes Facebook parent company Meta Platforms CTO Andrew Bosworth, current and former OpenAI executives Kevin Weil and Bob McGrew, and Palantir Technologies CTO Shyam Sankar. ^[5]

See also

• 75th Innovation Command, United States Army Reserve unit with similar functions

References

1. "Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs to commission into Army reserve, form 'Detachment 201'". June 13, 2025.
2. "Army Launches Detachment 201: Executive Innovation Corps to Drive Tech Transformation". June 13, 2025.
3. Arnhold, Thomas (July 6, 2025). "The Army just turned 4 Big Tech execs into instant officers. What an insult | Opinion". Yahoo News. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
4. @USArmy (June 13, 2025). "Det. 201 is an effort to recruit senior tech executives to serve part-time in the Army Reserve as senior advisors. In this role they will work on targeted projects to help guide rapid and scalable tech solutions to complex problems. By bringing private-sector know-how into uniform, Det. 201 is supercharging efforts like the Army Transformation Initiative, which aims to make the force leaner, smarter, and more lethal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "I'm the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army".