Douglas Macgregor
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Retired US Army Colonel, decorated combat veteran and military theorist who comments on US defence policy, the Ukraine war and grand strategy. He hosts the programme Straight Calls and writes on Substack, advancing a restraint-oriented critique of US military commitments.
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Col., US Army (Ret.); decorated combat veteran (Battle of 73 Easting, Gulf War); PhD, University of Virginia; author of five books on military reform; former senior advisor to the Acting US Secretary of Defense (2020)
Why Offstream tracks this voice
Combines battlefield command experience, doctoral-level study of military affairs and a record of military-reform scholarship with a consistent restraint-oriented critique of US interventions. His prior service as a senior Pentagon advisor is disclosed; his commentary is best read as that of a restraint advocate with declared political proximity, included for the depth of his military-strategic expertise.
Biography
Douglas Macgregor is a retired United States Army Colonel, decorated combat veteran and military theorist. He commanded during the Battle of 73 Easting in the Gulf War, holds a PhD from the University of Virginia, and is the author of five books on military reform and doctrine. In 2020 he served briefly as a senior advisor to the Acting Secretary of Defense.
Through his programme Straight Calls and his Substack writing, Macgregor advances a consistently restraint-oriented critique of US military commitments, particularly regarding the war in Ukraine and the broader posture of American power. His analysis draws on both command experience and formal study of military affairs.
His proximity to a prior US administration is a matter of public record and is disclosed here; his commentary is best understood as restraint advocacy informed by deep military-strategic expertise, and he is listed on that basis.