active-duty Air Force, Army and Navy military fellows assigned to Amazon, underscoring at a subsequent news con- ference that they are today’s force of the future. Participating in the events of that day was a highlight of both my TWI fel- lowship and my Army career.


JOINING WITH INDUSTRY After meeting with military fellows working at Amazon, Carter takes questions from the media March 3 during a news conference at Amazon headquarters. Carter also has visited Silicon Valley several times in the past year. Carter aspires to collaborate, not compete, with the tech industry to attract the talent pool of innovative thinkers. (Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim D. Godbee, OSD Public Affairs)


CONCLUSION Amazon uses several military fellowship programs specifically to provide transi- tion opportunities for separating service members. Amazon Military Talent Part- nership recruiters work with the Service Member for Life Transition Assistance Program to identify eligible separating service members and help them negoti- ate the very challenging interview process. Tey also help veterans translate their mil- itary skills into marketable equivalents on their resumes. While the company has long sought junior military officers for leadership roles in its fulfillment centers,


In this spirit of innovation, Carter


has proposed Force of the Future tal- ent management


initiatives that depart


dramatically from the status quo. No longer is the up-or-out officer promo- tion system sacrosanct, as DOD explores more flexible career tracks. Te propos- als include technical career paths, lateral entry into the military at a rank reflecting one’s former corporate status, expanded opportunities and incentives for officers and senior noncommissioned officers to attend Advanced Civil Schooling, as well as sabbaticals with industry.


Carter also has made it a point to shore up and build new bridges between DOD and the nation’s innovation and technol- ogy community. He has visited Silicon Valley several times in the past year, in the first such goodwill tours by a sitting secretary of defense in 20 years. On a trip in April, Carter courted technology


To establish inroads, bilateral personnel exchanges and lasting partnerships, in March he established a Defense Inno- vation Advisory Board. Te board, led by Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google Inc. parent company Alphabet Inc.,


comprises 12 business operation


leaders, all industry experts in organi- zational change by way of


technology


adoption. Te board advises the depart- ment


on organizational information


sharing, mobile and cloud applications, iterative product development, rapid pro- totyping and sophisticated data analysis in business decision-making.


As part of these efforts, Carter visited Amazon’s corporate offices in Seattle in March, meeting with Bezos and his executive team. Carter then met with the


That sense of a perennially new beginning creates a feeling that every day is day one for Amazon. This launch- day type of energy permeates all levels of the company.


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companies to collaborate with DOD on national security concerns.


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