Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane (12 July 1937 – 12 May 2022) was an American Marine Corps officer who served as National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1985. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1959.

Articles by Robert C. McFarlane

Midshipmen Formation

Naval Academy Memories

By Edward L. Beach, Jimmy Carter, John H. Dalton, John S. McCain, III, Robert C. McFarlane, and Walter M. Schirra
October 1995
Naval Academy Memories In honor of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Naval Academy, Proceedings presents six of the venerable institution’s distinguished alumni and their answers to the question: “What ...

The Political Potential of Parity

By Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. McFarlane, U. S. Marine Corps
February 1979
For 30 years following World War II, the United States had unquestioned nuclear superiority. But when the Communists instituted the Berlin blockade in 1948, invaded South Korea in 1950, or ...