Regular Chapter Meeting - Maple Chase Country Club
9 September 2026
Speaker: Major General Bob Dees, USA (Ret)
Social time begins at 5:00 PM, dinner at 6:15 PM followed by the evening's presentation.
Dress for the meetings is business casual: slacks or khakis, open-collar or polo shirt, optional tie, and/or sport coat. Cost: $30.00 per person.
Major General (Retired) Robert F. “Bob” Dees 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.
He is a graduate of numerous military schools including the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point ’72, Command and General Staff College, the Naval
Postgraduate School, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and the Royal College of
Defence Studies in London. He has authored and taught Management Science topics in the
Department of Engineering at West Point, as well as multiple Resilience courses at Liberty
University.
Following military retirement in January 2003, Bob served as a Microsoft Corporation executive;
followed by leadership of Military Ministry, a non-profit outreach to the military. He authored the
Resilience Trilogy (Resilient Warriors, Resilient Leaders, and Resilient Nations) and pioneered
resilience programs for the military as Vice President for Military Outreach at Liberty University.
In the 2016 Presidential cycle, Bob served as National Security Advisor and Campaign Chairman
for Dr. Ben Carson. Bob now heads Resilience God Style, a national movement to restore
resilience to every area of American life, including recent publication of the Resilience God Style
book, study guide, video series, and training game (www.ResilienceGodStyle.com).
As a national thought leader on Veterans’ outreach programs, Bob is President of the National
Center for Healthy Veterans (www.HealthyVeterans.org) with the mission of “Returning Healthy
Veterans to America.” This broad and comprehensive Healthy Veteran initiative ranges from
trauma recovery using best practice, faith-based programs to career preparation which afford
dignified work, skills training, and economic opportunity