H. R. McMaster is one of the most popular and richest Military Historian who was born on July 24, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. McMaster served as a captain in the command of Eagle Troop of 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during the Gulf War of 1991. McMaster’s lead tank climbed a dip in terrain and McMaster’s troop was outnumbered. McMaster’s troops were taken by surprise when McMaster’s lead tank climbed a dip in the terrain. McMaster’s troop of nine tanks destroyed all 28 Iraqi Republican Guard tanks in less than 23 minutes.
McMaster was awarded the Silver Star. The now famous battle is featured in several books about Operation Desert Storm and is widely referred to in US Army training exercises. It was also discussed in Tom Clancy’s 1994 popular nonfiction book Armored Cav.
After the Gulf War, McMaster served as a military history professor at the United States Military Academy from 1994 to 1996, became a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Consulting Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). He held a series of staff positions in the United States Central Command. In 2004, he took command of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and fought the Iraqi insurgency in Tal Afar. He became a top counterinsurgency advisor to General David Petraeus before serving as the Director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center. He also served as the Deputy to the Commander for Planning of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and, in 2012, became Deputy Commanding General of the Army Training and Doctrine Command.
McMaster was first assigned to the 2nd Armored Division in Fort Hood. He served as a platoon leader and company leader with 1st Battalion 66th Armor Regiment. He was first assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany in 1989. This unit saw him serve until 1992.
McMaster was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the United States Military Academy, earning a Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in American history. His Ph.D. thesis, which was critical of American strategy during the Vietnam War, served as the basis of his book Dereliction of Duty. It is widely used in the United States military. McMaster was a captain with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment during the Gulf War and took part in the Battle of 73 Easting.
McMaster served as a military history professor at West Point from 1994 to 1996, teaching among other things the battles in which he fought. He graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1999.
