Admiral Robert Burke sentenced to 6 years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme in exchange for post-retirement employment

COVETOUSNESS strikes again! What is really gauling about this is the fact that Senior Admirals and Generals retire with 100% of their Base Pay in Retirement ($225,696/Yr) plus the VA gives them 100% disability ($47,217/Yr tax free) for total compensation of $272,913/Yr. That is over 1/4 Million dollars per year and yet they go out and use their position to influence those up and coming Generals/Admirals which they mentored to throw contracts to the companies these retirees work for. President Trump needs to pass a law that makes it illegal for a retired Admiral or General to take any job post retirement with any company that sells products or services to the Federal Government.

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Jea9 September 17, 2025 at 7:09pm

Good take down.
ilona Trommler September 17, 2025 at 5:45pm

Excellent!
David Faulkner, COL, USA(r) September 17, 2025 at 1:37pm

COVETOUSNESS strikes again! What is really gauling about this is the fact that Senior Admirals and Generals retire with 100% of their Base Pay in Retirement ($225,696/Yr) plus the VA gives them 100% disability ($47,217/Yr tax free) for total compensation of $272,913/Yr. That is over 1/4 Million dollars per year and yet they go out and use their position to influence those up and coming Generals/Admirals which they mentored to throw contracts to the companies these retirees work for. President Trump needs to pass a law that makes it illegal for a retired Admiral or General to take any job post retirement with any company that sells products or services to the Federal Government.

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