ROBERT S. RUSH

Robert Sterling Rush, Ph.D. command sergeant major (ret) USA, during a career spanning thirty years, served in leadership positions from squad leader through continental army sergeant major, and included assignments in regular, ranger, light (cohort), and mechanized infantry units. His most formative years were with 1 st Battalion (Ranger) 75 th Infantry (1975-1979) when he served as 60mm section leader, weapons platoon sergeant, and platoon sergeant/leader of the consolidated 60mm mortar platoon. While CSM of a light infantry battalion he earned his bachelor’s degree while riding in the back of a HUMMV, while teaching ROTC his master’s degree, and upon retirement, attended The Ohio State University, and in 2000 earned his PhD in military history. In 2000, Dr Rush joined the Army Center of Military History where he served as the International Programs coordinator. During that period, he served two tours as a command historian in Iraq, first with the USACE Gulf Region Division in 2006, and later, in 2009-1010 as the I Corps/MNC-I Command Historian. In 2013, he became the historian to the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army. He retired after 47 years of service to the Army. Dr Rush currently lives in Stafford, VA with his wife of 37 years. He is the author of seven books to include Hell in Hürtgen Forest: Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment and GI: The US Infantryman in World War I, as well as several editions of the NCO and Soldiers’ Guide. He has also had articles published in Armed Forces and Society, Military Review, Army History, On Point, Army Trainer and the NCO Journal as well numerous articles published on the individual soldier in foreign military history journals.