Biography - Robert G Smith

LTC Robert G. Smith graduated from Juniata College with a BS in Poli Sci cum laude. LTC Smith attended the Pennsylvania State University, receiving his M.A. (cum laude) in American Military History in 1982, and a Juris Doctorate in 1992 from West Virginia University. LTC Smith has served in the capacity of an armor officer, logistician, military intelligence and engineer officer. He is a graduate of the Armor Basic Course, the Armor Advanced Course, Command and General Staff College and Army Combined Arms Staff College and the Advanced Joint Professional Military Course in Joint Warfare. (I am currently suffering through Air War College). After 9/11 he was recalled to active duty, serving as the lead Army military historian at the US Army Center of Military History for the attack on the Pentagon. He has subsequently served as the Vth Corps historian for the initial invasion of Iraq and in the Deputy Directorate of Special Operation (DDSO) on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. While on the DDSO he wrote a highly classified study on SOF in the Global War on Terror. He was appointed as a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of Kentucky in 2010 .

He now serves as the Deputy Command Historian at CENTCOM. Among his awards are the Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal and Combat Action Badge. He is a frequent contributor to Military Review, Armor Magazine, Fire and Movement, Paper Wars, Line of Departure, Line of Fire and Panzer Digest, where he is the simulation game review editor and editor of the daily FaceBook page. Among his hobbies are coaching baseball, gardening, Stratomatic baseball, golden retrievers and toy trains. He is married to the lovely Katie A. Smith and has two sons, one an Infantryman at Ft Bliss TX where he is now the CSM's driver, 2 Golden Retrievers (Grant and Sheridan) and 2 cats.