Colonel (ret) Douglas Macgregor is a decorated combat veteran, the author of four books and a PhD. He is also Executive Vice President of Burke-Macgregor Group LLC, a consulting and intellectual capital brokerage firm based in Reston, VA. He was commissioned in the US Army in 1976 after one year at VMI and four years at West Point.
His groundbreaking books, Breaking the Phalanx (1997) and Transformation under Fire (2003) has influenced change inside America’s ground forces. His doctoral dissertation, The Soviet-East German Military Alliance, published as a book by Cambridge University Press in 1989.
In 1991, he was awarded the bronze star with “V” device for valor under fire with the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment that destroyed a full-strength Republican Guard Brigade on 26 February 1991. The Battle of the 73 Easting, the U.S. Army’s largest tank battle since World War II is the subject of his book, Warrior’s Rage. The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting.
Macgregor has testified as an expert witness on national security issues before the House Armed Services and House Foreign Relations Committee. He is a frequent guest commentator on radio and television.
FILE - In this file photo taken on
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, Russian air force pilots assisted by ground
crew climb into their fighter jet at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria. (AP
Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov, File)
Russia's defense ministry says its first group of warplanes in Syriaare headed home -- one day after a surprise announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will pull back most Russian forces aspeace talks resume in Geneva.
Col. Douglas Macgregor (ret.), executive vice president of the Burke-Macgregor Group, discussed the issue with Capital Insider.
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