Robert W. RisCassi

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General Robert W. RisCassi

Robert William RisCassi (* 18th January 1936 in Hartford , Connecticut ) is a former American officer of the US Army , who as General between 1989 and 1990 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army ( Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army ) , of 1990-1992 commander of the Eighth US army ( Eighth US army ) and also between 1990 and 1993 commander of US forces in Korea ( US forces Korea ) was.

Life

Officer training and use as an officer

Robert William RisCassi began after school to study history at the University of Connecticut , which he in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts finished (BA History). A post-graduate studies of political science at Auburn University eir graduated with a Master of Arts from (MA Political Science). He completed an officer training and found various uses as an officer in the US Army . He was also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base and the US Army War College (USAWC) in Carlisle . In the following years he was deputy commander of the US Army Infantry School in Fort Benning and deputy commander of the Federal Republic of Germany stationing 8th Infantry Division ( 8th Infantry Division ) . As a major general in 1983 he was in command of the Fort Lewis 9th Motorized Infantry Division ( 9th Infantry Division (Motorized) ) .

On June 10, 1985, Lieutenant General RisCassi succeeded Lieutenant General Carl E. Vuono in command of the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth and at the same time commanding general of the United States Army Combined Arms Center (USACAC) there. He remained in these uses until June 9, 1986, whereupon Lieutenant General Gerald T. Bartlett took his place. He then acted between June 1986 and August 1987 as deputy commanding general of the Army Command for training and operational training and development TRADOC ( US Army Training and Doctrine Command ) . He then replaced Vice Admiral Powell F. Carter, Jr. as Director of the Joint Staff on August 14, 1987 and held this position until his replacement by Hansford T. Johnson on November 30, 1988. Thereupon acted between December 1988 and as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans .

Promotion to general

1989 General RisCassi was vice chief of the General Staff of the Army ( Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army ) as successor to General Arthur E. Brown . He held this post until June 1990, when General Gordon R. Sullivan replaced him. He took over as the successor of General Louis C. Menetrey the post of commander of the Eighth US Army ( Eighth US Army ) and remained in that post until November 1992, after General William W. Crouch took his succession. At the same time he was the successor of General Menetrey between 26 June 1990 and its replacement by Gary E. Luck June 15, 1993 commander of US Forces in Korea ( US Forces Korea ) , commander of the Joint American-South Korean forces command ( Commanders, ROK / US Combined Forces Command) and Commander in Chief, United Nations Command) .

In 1989 the University of Connecticut Alumni Association presented him with the Distinguished Graduate Award . After retiring from active military service, RisCassi worked as an economic manager and, among other things, was Vice President of the defense company L-3 Communications Corporation . He has also worked for companies such as Loral Corporation , Lockheed Martin , as a board member of Alliant Techsystems , the Korea Society and the National Intelligence Council, and as a member of the SPECTRUM Group's advisory group . In 1997 he was a member of the National Defense Panel . In 2001 he was a member of the Department of Defense 's commission to investigate the Nogeun-ri massacre , in which hundreds of Korean refugees died in late July 1950 during the Korean War as a result of targeted fire by US troops near the village of Nogeun-ri.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

Web links

  • Entry on Military Hall of Honor
  • Entry in The Hall of Valor Project

Individual evidence

  1. Director, Joint Staff (Department of Defense Key Officials)
  2. ^ Former Eighth Army Commanders
  3. ^ Commanders, ROK / US Combined Forces Command