>The senior head of a Navy office that helps organize critical research and funding for the service has been replaced by a 33-year-old former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who previously pressed for thousands of job cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
>Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus was booted as chief of naval research for Rachel Riley, a former partner at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company who joined HHS as part of the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency in January, The Bulwark first reported Thursday.
>Rothenhaus, who had been in the top post at the Office of Naval Research since June 2023 overseeing billions of dollars in grants, has been moved to an unknown position.
>His replacement is highly unusual given that the office — created by Congress in 1946 to fund Navy and Marine Corps research — is typically run by a two-star admiral with extensive experience in technology, science, and engineering.
>Rothenhaus is an engineering duty officer who oversaw command control computers, communications and intelligence before he took over the Naval research office. His official biography still lists him as the chief of naval research.
>Riley, a Rhodes Scholarship recipient, has no apparent naval experience and has reportedly had a tumultuous several months working in the Trump administration.
>Her LinkedIn profile lists her job experience as working for eight and a half years at McKinsey, rising to partner before starting to work for the HHS in January.
For this administration to constantly cry about “Merit” and then toss some McKinsey consultant who’s never come close to an engineering course having only degrees in Business Economics, Contemporary Chinese Studies, and Social Policy is incredibly laughable if it was so stupid.
Just because they kissed ass and worked at DOGE for a while where they made a complete mess of things.
I wish I had the confidence in these people to take on such large positions.
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>The senior head of a Navy office that helps organize critical research and funding for the service has been replaced by a 33-year-old former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee who previously pressed for thousands of job cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
>Rear Adm. Kurt Rothenhaus was booted as chief of naval research for Rachel Riley, a former partner at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company who joined HHS as part of the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency in January, The Bulwark first reported Thursday.
>Rothenhaus, who had been in the top post at the Office of Naval Research since June 2023 overseeing billions of dollars in grants, has been moved to an unknown position.
>His replacement is highly unusual given that the office — created by Congress in 1946 to fund Navy and Marine Corps research — is typically run by a two-star admiral with extensive experience in technology, science, and engineering.
>Rothenhaus is an engineering duty officer who oversaw command control computers, communications and intelligence before he took over the Naval research office. His official biography still lists him as the chief of naval research.
>Riley, a Rhodes Scholarship recipient, has no apparent naval experience and has reportedly had a tumultuous several months working in the Trump administration.
>Her LinkedIn profile lists her job experience as working for eight and a half years at McKinsey, rising to partner before starting to work for the HHS in January.
For this administration to constantly cry about “Merit” and then toss some McKinsey consultant who’s never come close to an engineering course having only degrees in Business Economics, Contemporary Chinese Studies, and Social Policy is incredibly laughable if it was so stupid.
Just because they kissed ass and worked at DOGE for a while where they made a complete mess of things.
I wish I had the confidence in these people to take on such large positions.
Uh, what
!ping military