{"id":55020,"date":"2019-03-26T18:16:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T18:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/26\/andy-marshall-the-pentagons-yoda-dies-at-age-97\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:05:38","slug":"andy-marshall-the-pentagons-yoda-dies-at-age-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2019\/03\/26\/andy-marshall-the-pentagons-yoda-dies-at-age-97\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Marshall, the Pentagon\u2019s \u2018Yoda,\u2019 dies at age 97"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Andy Marshall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/30th-annivesary\/2016\/10\/25\/30-years-andrew-marshall-strategic-adviser\/\" target=_blank>who ran<\/a> the Pentagon\u2019s Office of Net Assessment for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 97.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news was announced at a House Armed Services Committee hearing by ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, who cited Marshall as a driver of new game-changing technologies and a thought leader in handling great power competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can think of fewer people who have had a bigger impact of focusing our defense efforts, our national security, in the right direction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/intercepts\/2015\/01\/05\/editorial-honor-andy-marshall\/\" target=_blank>than Mr. Marshall<\/a>,\u201d Thornberry said. \u201cHe has been before our committee I don\u2019t know how many times over the years. So I wanted to note that passing, but also to honor his memory because he made such a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Office of Net Assessment is an independent organization within the Defense Department. It\u2019s charged with identifying emerging or future threats as well as opportunities for the U.S. James Baker has run the office since 2015, when Marshall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2015\/05\/16\/new-face-to-lead-pentagon-strategy-shop\/\" target=_blank>retired at the age of 93<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known as farsighted, idiosyncratic, and free of political and bureaucratic thinking, Marshall made the office into an extension of himself. He was credited with grooming some of Washington\u2019s leading thinkers, such as Gen. 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