Zelcastalumni map

People who leave US Army most often go to Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin and Microsoft. Of them, 21% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 4y 8m

Not the US Army's troop strength: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 490 people on a map of 67,181, No. 42 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.

People on the map
4900.7% of everyone on the map
Serving now
12125% of the people here
Moved on
36975% of the people here
Median tenure
4y 8mmiddle half 3y to 7y

Put US Army side by side with another employer.

Came from, went to

Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Army National Guard. Most leave for Booz Allen (4% of recorded departures).

US Army168 in · 317 out
2%4Army National Guard2%3Army ROTC2%3NASA - National…2%3US Army Artificial…2%3U.S. Army…Booz Allen144%Lockheed Martin83%Microsoft83%Army National Guard62%Google62%Leidos52%Northrop Grumman52%Accenture41%BAE Systems41%
16 of 168 recorded arrivals shown, 152 more from 140 other companies60 of 317 recorded departures shown, 257 more to 214 other companies

After US Army

  • 3%Founded something8
  • 21%Joined a startup62
  • 26%Joined a big company78
  • 51%Elsewhere

Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.

The US Army mafia

8 of the people who left went straight to a founding role, 3% of those who moved on, half of them within 3 months of leaving. The bars cover the ’15 to ’26 classes; earlier founders still count in the total.

How long people stay

4%<1y
10%1-2y
24%2-4y
36%4-7y
26%7y+
4y 8m median tenuremiddle half 3y to 7y

528 stays with both a start and an end on the record.

Who comes and goes, by year

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joined left2026 is a partial year

2012 to 2026: 365 joined, 342 left.

Caliber

61mediantop 10%82
0Eng Scorer caliber, 157 scored99

Titles held here

  1. Executive Officer14
  2. Platoon Leader13
  3. Army Officer11
  4. Captain11
  5. Company Commander11
  6. Signal Officer11
  7. Engineer Officer10
  8. Information Technology Specialist10

8 most common titles, by people who held them.

First job on the record for 64% of people here.

Behind the median

Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.

  • 6%Exceptional or strong9 people
  • 7%Solid11 people
  • 38%Emerging59 people
  • 50%Unproven78 people

157 of the 490 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.

9 of the 157 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 6%. A tier is the band a caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up. A tier holding fewer than 3 people is printed with the one next to it, because that few is a person rather than a pattern.

Whether a title rose here

The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.

27%Titles that rose51 of 191 classified people

  • 27%Rose51 people
  • 50%Stayed level96 people
  • 23%Fell44 people

191 of the 490 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.

A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first. For someone with one title here who then left, it's measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. Titles that match no rung are left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely as a different ladder. What's left leans towards people who have left: someone still here on one recorded title has nothing to measure against.

Where they studied

  1. United States Military Academy at West Point10.1%
  2. Georgia Tech6.6%
  3. Cochise College4.7%
  4. University of Maryland Global Campus4.5%
  5. Western Governors University4.5%
  6. Johns Hopkins3.9%
  7. University of Maryland3.5%
  8. Carnegie Mellon3.3%

The 8 most listed schools among the 487 people here with a school on file.

49 of the 487 people here with a school on file list United States Military Academy at West Point, 32 list Georgia Tech and 23 list Cochise College. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.

Public work

one square is one in a hundred
16%have a public GitHub account on their profile

77 of the 490 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.

31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.

Where they are now

40% of the people who have worked at US Army and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.

US Army
Everyone on the map
  • 40%Washington DC194 · map 13%
  • 7%SF Bay Area36 · map 41%
  • 4%New York20 · map 18%
  • 4%Seattle19 · map 5%
  • 2%Huntsville12
  • 2%Colorado Springs9
  • 2%Baltimore8 · map 0.7%
  • 2%Pittsburgh8 · map 0.4%
  • 38%Somewhere else184

All 490 people who worked at US Army list a location, and every share here is over them.

Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at US Army: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.

Key facts

  • 490 people on the Zelcast alumni map have served in the US Army: 121 are there now, 369 have moved on.
  • Most leave for Booz Allen: 14 people, 4% of recorded departures. Then Lockheed Martin and Microsoft.
  • Most arrive from Army National Guard: 4 people. Then Army ROTC (Official Page) and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  • Median tenure in the US Army: 4y 8m, middle half 3y to 7y.
  • Of the people with a recorded next move after US Army, 3% went to a founder title next, 21% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 26% joined one of 10,000 or more.
  • Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 61 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 157 scored people.
  • Most common title held here: Executive Officer, then Platoon Leader.
  • Top school: United States Military Academy at West Point, listed by 49 of the 487 people here with one on file (10.1%). Then Georgia Tech (32).
  • 40% of the 490 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
  • 16% of the 490 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
  • 51 rose, 96 stayed level, 44 fell, out of the 191 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder before and after.

About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.

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