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