Pretty sure the last place I worked did all ten of those. And it did lose anyone who was any good. The joke was that the only way to get respect was to leave and get re-hired.
The defense industry has three paths to real advancement:
1) Become the rock star/golden child for a higher-up who pulls you along as they rise
2) Move from company to company every so often to get positions with higher salary grade and responsibility
3) Become the oracle of technical knowledge in some narrow but crucial specialty
