Center for a New American Security

Colonel (USA ret) Bob Killebrew writes and consults on national defense issues as a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.  Prior to his retirement from active duty he served for thirty years in a variety of Special Forces, infantry and staff duties.  His assignments ranged included duty in Vietnam with MACVSOG, the Vietnamese Airborne Division, command in mechanized, air assault and airborne units, and staff positions in the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, as director of plans, XVIII Airborne Corps, special assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army, command of a deployed joint task force and as an instructor in strategy and policy at the Army War College.

Since retirement, Bob has served as a consultant to a variety of Defense Department and defense-related organizations, including the Department of Defense, US Army and Air Force, the Defense Research Projects Agency, US Joint Forces Command, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, the Project for a New American Century, Toffler Associates and as a consultant for a number of defense industries and public television.  In 1999 he was appointed to the staff of the Hart-Rudman Commission on American defense needs for the 21st Century.  In addition to consulting on strategic and operational matters, Bob as also directed or written a number of defense-related studies, including the State/DoD Study The Country Team in American Strategy and The Left-Hand Side of the Spectrum for the Center for a New American Security.  Most recent writings include The Crossover of Urban Gang Warfare and Terrorism (National Strategy Forum, Fall 2008) and Terror at the Border for Armed Forces Journal, December, 2008.  With Jennifer Bernal he authored the CNAS study Crime Wars; Gangs, Cartels and U.S. National Security, published in 2010.  He is currently working with Matthew Irvine on U.S. – Colombian security policy.

Bob is a graduate of The Citadel and holds masters' degrees in history and international relations.  While on active duty, he served as American Defense Fellow at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.  He is the author of a book on the relationship of nuclear and non-nuclear warfare, and has provided expert witness testimony before Congressional committees and other governmental agencies.  He has also served as a paid consultant to National Public Radio and advises and comments on national security issues for other public media.  He and his first trophy wife, Pixie, live in Newport News, Virginia.