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,”