Marshall's office works closely with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) led by Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Krepinevich, whose outfit helped coin the phrase AirSea Battle.
In 2007, the CSBA's director, Andrew Krepinevich, admitted that it had hired Alexis Debat as a consultant; the man, who worked at Nixon Center and for ABC News, had been revealed by French newspaper Rue 89 as a fraud, leading to his dismissal from all responsibilities.