McMaster repeatedly challenged the military system and still reached senior ranks.
“Recently tapped for his third star, H. R. is also the rarest of soldiers—one who has repeatedly bucked the system and survived to join its senior ranks.”
McMaster is described as the Army's leading warrior-thinker of the 21st century.
“Major General Herbert Raymond McMaster might be the 21st century Army's pre-eminent warrior-thinker,”
McMaster studied Vietnam to prepare for leading soldiers in combat.
“I thought that to better prepare myself to lead soldiers in combat it was important to learn from the experiences of others, and the most recent U.S. war seemed as good a starting place as any.”
McMaster says Vietnam War shaped his thinking when he became an Army officer in 1984.
“It would be impossible for an Army lieutenant, obtaining his commission in 1984, not to be concerned with the experience of the Vietnam War,”