Transforming Operational Architecture
for the Information Age
By Douglas A. Macgregor
Colonel, US Army
This paper does not reflect the views of the National Defense
University, the US Army or the Department of Defense.
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without the written permission of the author.
Colonel Macgregor was commissioned in the US Army in
1976 after one year at the Virginia Military Institute and four
years at West Point. On completion of airborne and ranger
training, Colonel Macgregor served in a variety of command
and staff assignments including tank company command in a
mechanized infantry brigade of the 4
th
Infantry Division (Mech)
and command of a division cavalry squadron in the 1
st
Infantry
Division (Mech). During Desert Storm, Colonel Macgregor was
awarded the bronze star with “V” device for valor while
leading combat troops of the 2
nd
Squadron, 2
nd
Armored
Cavalry Regiment in the battle of the 73 Easting. From
November 1997 to December 1999, Colonel Macgregor served
as the J5, Chief of Strategic Planning and Director, Joint
Operations Center, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers,
Europe in Belgium. Colonel Macgregor’s numerous
decorations also include the Defense Superior Service Medal
and the French Army’s La medaille d’argent de la Defense
Nationale.
Colonel Macgregor holds an MA in comparative politics
and a PhD in international relations from the University of
Virginia. He is currently assigned as a research fellow in the
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense
University in Washington, DC.
In addition to Breaking the Phalanx: A New Design for
Landpower in the 21
st
Century, Colonel Macgregor is also the
author of another book The Soviet-East German Military
Alliance published by Cambridge University Press, as well as
numerous articles in Journals and edited volumes.
