Robert W. Cone
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Football: Dunbar makes most of opportunity...before the fourth quarter. Once I had that carry, I thought that would get us going. " Fort Hood Commanding General Robert Cone participated in the pre-game coin toss on Saturday, which was one of several ways UNT honored Army... In this article: UNT, Todd Dodge, UNT, Robert Cone, Fouts Field, and Fort Hood |
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Houston Chronicle | November 11, 2009
Fort Hood commander vows special help
By SIG CHRISTENSON San Antonio Express-News Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said Wednesday that a core group of about 600 soldiers, wives and children were directly affected by last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood and will require special attention...
In this article: Robert Cone, Fort Hood, Allegation, University of Texas at Austin, and Barack Obama
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CBS | November 11, 2009
Those most affected by massacre to get special help
SUN CITY - Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said Wednesday that a core group of about 600 soldiers, wives and children were directly affected by last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood and will require special attention from psychiatrists and social...
In this article: Robert Cone, Fort Hood, Allegation, and Barack Obama
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washingtonpost.com | November 10, 2009
President attends memorial service at Fort Hood
...helmets and photographs arrayed in front of the dais after the memorial service began about 40 minutes behind schedule, Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone, the commanding general of Fort Hood, said the post has lost 545 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
In this article: Michelle Obama, Fort Hood, FBI, Asia, and Washington
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Austin-American Statesman | November 09, 2009
At Fort Hood, preparations for a presidential visit
...are probably 600 people directly affected by this" between the soldiers, police, medical professionals and others, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, Fort Hood's top commander, said Monday. Fort Hood is launching a comprehensive program to help...
In this article: Robert Cone, Fort Hood, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and United States Army
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AP Online | November 09, 2009
Tighter security at Fort Hood after deadly rampage
...the public at Fort Hood, Texas, have been suspended as the post tightens security following a deadly shooting spree. Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the post commander, said Monday that the sprawling base "cannot become a battlefield." Cone says...
In this article: Fort Hood, Robert Cone, San Antonio, and Texas
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Long lauded for crisis skills, Cone shepherds post in grief
...the fourth-highest combat award in the U.S. armed forces. A lieutenant colonel at Fort Hood who's known Cone for 15 years described Cone as "the kind of guy that soldiers gravitate to. They naturally gather around him because of his...
In this article: Fort Hood, God, Iraq, Defense Superior Service Medal, and United States Military Academy at West Point
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Detroit News | November 06, 2009
Civilian officer emerges as hero for shooting the suspect
...three minutes of reports that shots had been fired at the sprawling U.S. Army post Thursday afternoon, according to Lt. Gen. Robert Cone. "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer," Cone said, adding that Munley...
In this article: Robert Cone, Fort Hood, God, Twitter, and U.S. Army
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The News Tribune | November 06, 2009
Ft. Hood Gen: Gunman went on 'measured' shooting
...that the Army psychiatrist suspected in the violence carried out his gunfire in "a very calm and measured approach." Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said in a nationally broadcast interview Friday that authorities have not yet been able to talk to the...
In this article: Robert Cone, The Early Show, Fort Hood, and CBS
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L.A. Times - Middle East | November 06, 2009
Army psychiatrist blamed in Fort Hood shooting rampage
The facility has an extensive program to help soldiers deal with the stress of returning from war. Base commander Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said at a news conference Thursday evening that Hasan was shot multiple times by a female civilian Army...
In this article: Robert Cone, Fort Hood, Texas, Barack Obama, Virginia, Texas Army, and Walter Reed
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Reuters | November 05, 2009
UPDATE 10-Gunman kills 12 at US Army base, suspect alive
...at the post. "Our investigation is ongoing but preliminary reports indicate that there was a single shooter," Lieutenant-General Robert Cone, Fort Hood's commanding officer, told a news conference. "The shooter is not dead but in custody...
In this article: Robert Cone, Fort Hood, U.S., Washington, D.C, Barack Obama, US Army, and Texas
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Robert W. Cone is a major general in the United States Army, and is currently in command of the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. Prior to assuming this position on July 16, 2007, he was the Commanding General, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, CA.
General Cone hails from Manchester, New Hampshire and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Armor Branch from the United States Military Academy in 1979. Later, at the University of Texas at Austin, he earned a Master of Arts degree in Sociology. General Cone was assigned to the Behavioral Science and Leadership department at West Point where he served as both an instructor and Assistant Professor. His military education includes the Naval War College, Army Command and General Staff College, Infantry Officer Advanced Course and Armor Officer Basic Course.
Throughout his career, General Cone has served in operational assignments in the United States, Germany, and Southwest Asia. His commands include: 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, III Corps, Fort Bliss, TX, later Fort Carson, CO, and 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Hood, TX. His key staff assignments include: Executive Officer, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fulda, Germany; Operations Officer, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, TX; Director, Joint Advanced Warfighting Program, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA; and, Director, Joint Center for Operational Analysis, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- Birthplace:
- Manchester, NH
- Term of Military Service:
- 1979-present
- Allegiance:
- United States of America
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