Reynold Hoover is four weeks into his new gig, chief executive officer at LA28.

Hoover, 63, comes to the job after an incredible career, mostly in the military, that saw him earn the rank of lieutenant general. That’s three stars.

Skeptics: do we really need a former three-star general militarizing the Olympic Games? In, of all places, Los Angeles?

 “I’m not going to try to militarize the organization or the Olympics,” Hoover said Wednesday in his first interview since taking over at LA28. “That’s the wrong way to go.