The list of problems facing the American military is long. There are two wars ongoing, China is increasingly likely to start a third, recruitment is lagging, and the current acquisitions model is broken. Using the same types of leaders, from the same backgrounds, will produce the same erosion of American military strength we’ve seen in recent years. A new type of leadership is required, and it should be one that understands, deeply and personally, the struggles the America warfighter has faced in the last twenty years of modern warfare.