Yes. His bio linked above says, “He is an alumnus of the National War College, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a 1994 Fellow of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Seminar XXI.”
How usual is it for military officers to be members of the CFR? It’s not NECESSARILY a bad thing, but it’s one red flag, as against all the positive notes.
I’d be curious if he joined because he supports it and believes in it, or because he was invited and thought it would be useful to him, and also give him a forum where he could be useful to his country by offering a little counter advice?
I knew an Army O-6 that did a short tour (one year) at CFR as there used to be an Military Fellow position there. If you search on the AF Bio’s several come up having done that job. I believe it rotates between Services. In that case it was a holding pattern until the Army could get him into the job they wanted him to fill. Don’t think that’s the case with General Schwartz but probably was linked to his NWC or MIT tours.
Start Googling flag-rank, and those who are on "fast-track" to flag rank officers. You'll have your answer, though I'm guaranteed you may not like it...
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