the third key mentor and the most influential mentor is general jack galvin. he was assigned with general galvin several times but their correspondence is the richest and for sure there's a closeness today. he not only earned military history and leadership and management, but they both had this passion for small wars, low intensity conflict. in the book you will see how galvin influences him. is thinking about this in particular by inviting him down to central america to panama, which is what the southern command was headquartered at the time. there are six insurgencies going on, and petraeus flies around with galvin, and most young officers in fear or anyone has been to iraq or afghanistan, mike peters and doug spears have really only know this type of or. but for a young david petraeus whippany peacetime army after vietnam it was quite an eye-opening expense for him to walk up to the middle group commanders own in el salvador and beheaded a machine gun as he walked to his room and has to defend himself if he writes all the a letter and is blown away by. he r