Pentagon seeking candidates to fill $183,300 'Yoda' position

The US Defense Department is reportedly inviting in applications for the post of director for its Office of Net Assessment in order to replace Pentagon's exiting 'Yoda'. According to the Washington Post, the position was held for decades by Andrew W. Marshall, 93, who founded the Pentagon's internal think tank in 1973 and was the only leader it ever had.

Marshall was popularly referred to as Yoda- a wise alien character in the Star Wars film series.

The position, with an annual salary of up to $183,330, with a base of $121,957, will remain a Senior Executive Service job, matching up to the level of other senior Pentagon jobs. The basic "futurist" function of the new "Yoda" would be the same as before, which involves considering crises and apocalyptic scenarios that could occur, and possible responses, the report added.