Five Questions for a General

Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, the newest podcast from the Modern War Institute at West Point. The series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development opportunity—to sit down with senior military officers and ask carefully crafted questions about everything from leadership to their unique experiences while serving to their expectations about the future of war.

In this episode, Cadet Zach Olson is joined by retired General Paul Nakasone. After commissioning as a military intelligence officer in 1986, General Nakasone held a variety of both command and intelligence positions across Army echelons during his career, ultimately serving as commander of US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency. Cadet Olson asks him about the future of intelligence, the importance of US military partnerships, and his advice for leaders entering the Army's cyber and military intelligence branches.

Welcome to Five Questions for a General, a new podcast from the Modern War Institute at West Point. The series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development opportunity—to sit down with senior military officers and ask carefully crafted questions about everything from leadership to their unique experiences while serving to their expectations about the future of war.

This inaugural episode features a discussion with retired General Martin Dempsey and retired General Walter Sharp. Both members of the West Point class of 1974, General Dempsey retired from the US Army after serving as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and General Sharp culminated his Army career by serving simultaneously as the commander of United Nations Command, US Forces Korea, and ROK-US Combined Forces Command. Cadet Sebastian Witt hosts this episode and asks them about the military profession, emerging threats on today's strategic landscape, and the changes that have taken place at West Point since their graduation in 1974.