H R McMaster

H. R. McMaster is national security adviser and a 1984 graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point. He holds an MA and a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and taught numerous command and staff positios in armored and cavalry units. He has served as director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, US Army Training and Doctrine Command, in addition to previous postings as Commanding General, Ft. Benning Maneuver Center of Excellence, and director of the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force-Shafafiyat at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. During the Gulf War, he commanded Eagle Troop, Second Armored Cavalry Regiment, in combat against Iraq's Republican Guard.