Former Military Leaders Sell Expertise at Firm in Demand

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Frederick Kroesen used to command the U.S. Army in Europe. Huntington Hardisty once commanded U.S. forces in the Pacific. Carl Vuono was Army chief of staff during the Persian Gulf War.

Today, they and others like them are part of a company with a hot commodity to sell to the post-Cold War world: U.S. military expertise.

Their company, Military Professional Resources Inc., is unique among the dozens of U.S. firms that sell military know-how. The others consist mostly of retired majors and colonels. But Military Professional Resources Inc. is a Who's Who for a generation of officers who rose through the ranks during the Cold War, led the troops in Vietnam and built …