He is a brigadier and member of council of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers).
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In January 2014, Strachan told the The Daily Beast that President Barack Obama's failures in Afghanistan and Syria have shown that he is "chronically incapable" of military strategy.
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He was elected a research fellow of the college 1975, and after a one year stint as senior lecturer in war studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in 1978/79 he returned to the college and became admissions tutor and then senior tutor.
Gordon Strachan | Bernadette Strachan | Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet | Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, of High Mark | Sir Hew Dalrymple | John Strachan | Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet | Robert Strachan | James Strachan | Graeme Strachan | Graeme "Shirley" Strachan | Bishop Strachan School | Archibald Strachan |