Then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks with members of the Defense Innovation Board during the board’s first public meeting Oct. 5, 2016, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)
A new presidency and legislation changing the structure of the Pentagon's leadership may throw into question what actually happens with a recommendation to create a chief innovation…