Brian Haig
| Brian Haig | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Brian F. Haig March 15, 1953 |
| Occupation | thriller author, Fox News military analyst |
| Parent(s) |
Alexander Haig Patricia Fox Haig |
| Relatives | Alexander Patrick Haig, Jr. (brother) Barbara Haig (sister) Regina Murphy Anne Haig (grandmother) Alexander Meigs Haig Sr. (grandfather) |
Brian F. Haig (born March 15, 1953) is an American thriller author and Fox News military analyst.
Haig's father was former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig (1924–2010); his mother is Patricia (née Fox). He has a brother Alexander and a sister Barbara.
Haig graduated from West Point in 1975 and was commissioned an infantry lieutenant. He served as a platoon leader in Germany, three years as an infantry company commander at Fort Carson, Colorado, before he was selected as an intern at the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he worked in the Current Operations Directorate on the Lebanon peacekeeping operation. After graduating from Harvard with a master's degree and a specialty in military strategy, he worked for three years as a global strategist on the Army staff, where he was responsible for helping formulate the regional warplan for Southwest Asia and the global war plans against the Soviet Union. He spent three years as the Special Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command and Combined Forces Command in Seoul. Haig ended his military career as the special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – John M. Shalikashvili, where his duties lay with the preparation of all speeches, briefings, public statements, and congressional testimonies. He retired from active duty as a lieutenant colonel in 1997.
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