Barry McCaffrey

Barry McCaffrey, general (retired), U.S. Army, is Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at the United States Military Academy, President of his own consulting firm, national security and terrorism analyst for NBC News, and is on a number of boards of directors. He left his last military post, commanding United States Southern Command, at Presidential request to become Director of the cabinet-level White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from 1996 to 2001, a position confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

In the nonprofit sector, he is a Director of the Atlantic Council, A a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; an Associate of the Inter-American Dialogue; a Principal for the Council on Excellence in Government; a member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies U.S.-Mexico Binational Council; Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center Advisory Board; and a member of the Board of Advisors of the National Infantry Foundation.

He is a director of the HTNB Companies, DynCorp International, CRC Health Corporation, Global Linguist Solutions and McNeil Technologies.

Awards

Military

Most highly decorated and youngest Army four-star General at retirement; Four combat tours of duty during thirteen years of overseas service: Dominican Republic 1965; Vietnam 1966-67/68-69 (Vietnamese Airborne Division and 1st Cavalry Division); Iraq, 1991 (24th Mech Division).

• Combat Infantryman Badge
• Distinguished Service Cross, two awards
• Distinguished Service Medal
• Silver Star, two awards
• Bronze Star
• Purple Heart, three awards

Education

• Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. (Secondary)
• United States Military Academy, BS (General Engineer Studies)
• American University, MA (Civil Government)
• Harvard University
  • JFK School- - National Security Course
  • Business School -- Making Corporate Boards Work
• Western Behavioral Science Institute (Management and Strategic Studies)
• National Defense University (General Officer Strategic Course)
• U.S. Army War College (Strategic Studies)
• Command and General Staff College (Honor Graduate)
• Armor Advanced Course (Distinguished Graduate)
• Vietnamese Language Course -- Defense Language Institute (Honor Graduate)
• Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C. (Leadership)
• Lifetime member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (The nation's oldest, largest – more than 300 campuses, and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines.)