The job of curator is one that's being fazed out, the number of truly qualified people in these positions especially working for the US government and military are few and far between these days.
I've heard horror stories telling of several people who are in charge of making acquisitions buying reproduction items for museums and "dealers" charging original prices to the government.
As well as loaning items out only to get reproductions back. Sadly when you put people in charge who are unqualified for political reasons that is what can happen. Its unbelievable to be honest, this would never happen if you had someone in charge that was also an expert in the field, it would get caught immediately and not when a visitor brings it to their attention months or years later.