The image of citizen-soldier captures our perception of a military that is at once effective and very much part of the American social fabric. Joseph Morrison Skelly integrates Higher Ed in that equation as a citizen-soldier-scholar, who has returned to his history classroom from recent combat duty in lraq. Interviewed by "AQ's" editor-at-large, Skelly yields fascinating insight into the counterinsurgency and sheds light on our effort to rebuild that country and bring its educational system into proper working order.