He may be a self-described infantryman but his attitude and self-puffery screams REMF to me. "overseas in Afghanistand and NATO nations for half a decade" ... mmm hmmm ... okay, gotcha. One tour in Afghanistan to punch his ticket with the rest of the time schmoozing it up at NATO HQ or the Marshall Center or what have you. Great way to make O6 while being completely freaking irrelevant to actual national security.