Gen. Bob Dees

Bob served for 31 years in the U.S. Army in a wide variety of command and staff positions culminating in his last three assignments as Assistant Division Commander for Operations, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Commander, Second Infantry Division, United States Forces Korea; and as Deputy Commanding General, V (US/GE) Corps in Europe, concurrently serving as Commander, US-Israeli Combined Task Force for Missile Defense. Commissioned a second lieutenant after graduating from West Point in 1972, he is also a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and Royal College of Defense Studies in London, England.

Following military retirement in January 2003, Bob served as Executive Director, Defense Strategies, Microsoft Corporation; followed by leadership of a non-profit outreach to the military. While authoring The Resilience Trilogy (Resilient Warriors, Resilient Leaders, and Resilient Nations), he pioneered resilience programs for the military and beyond as Associate Vice President for Military Outreach, Adjunct Professor, and Director of the nation’s first Institute for Military Resilience at Liberty University. Bob subsequently served as National Security Advisor and Campaign Chairman, Dr. Ben Carson for President 2016. His primary endeavor now is leading the National Center for Healthy Veterans at Valor Farm near Liberty University, with the mission of “Returning Healthy Veterans to America.”.

Bob speaks at numerous seminars and conferences, as well as commentary on national security, Resilience God Style, and cultural topics in numerous media venues, churches, military bases, and business organizations across America. He was featured as one of 30 “Master Leaders” in America by noted author George Barna. You may recall him from his tour-of-duty as speaker at the 2017 NCS Metro NYC Regional Retreat, as well as his “Resilient Aging” talk to our group a year ago!

Bob has been married to the former Kathleen Robinson of Houston, Texas, for 48 years. They have two children and nine grandchildren, and are currently moving to the National Center for Healthy Veterans at Valor Farm in Virginia. General and Mrs. Dees are grateful for the privilege of serving God, Nation, and others during these critical times.