On February 26, 1991, McMaster’s 2nd ACR was assigned to serve as the forward covering element of the VII Corps as it advanced into Iraq. (US Army, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons) It was further detailed in his book titled “Dereliction of Duty,” which was criticized by high-ranking officers of that time.ĭuring the Gulf War in Iraq, McMaster found himself in charge of E(Eagle) Troop of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment against an entire Republican Guard tank Regiment in a prepared and fortified position. The focus of his thesis was the military role in the policies of the Vietnam War. in American History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1984, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. McMaster got his high school diploma from the well-known Valley Forge Military Academy in 1980. ( Kuhlmann / MSC, CC BY 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons)
Herbert Raymond McMaster during the 2018 Munich Security Conference. His mother was a school teacher and administrator. His father, to whom both his name and profession he would take after, was one of those who fought during the Korean War, where he was a lieutenant colonel of Infantry. Herbert Raymond McMaster was born in Philadelphia on July 24, 1962. As a young Cavalry Captain in the first Gulf War, McMaster led his Troop in one of the greatest tank battles in history. In the Army, Lt Generals are not made in armchairs but on the battlefield. McMaster is a legendary military officer and former National Security Advisor to President Trump.
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