WEST PALM BEACH, FL, February 15, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Lt. General (Retired) Robert D. Chelberg has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are taken into account during the selection process.
General Chelberg graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961. Later in his military career he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from New Mexico State University. Based on academic achievements, he is a member of the Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. He has attended all the normal military educational schools including the National War College in Washington, D.C. General Chelberg has been listed in the Marquis editions of Who's Who in America since 1993, and Who's Who in the World since 2007.
He has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in the U.S. Army during his 32-year career. He has commanded at all levels of the Field Artillery, and served two tours in Vietnam as the operations officer of three different battalions. He served for two years as 528th Artillery Group Commander in the early 1980s. This unit had the responsibility of protecting and assembling all the nuclear weapons in Turkey. His assignments in the Pentagon have included the Army Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he was a Deputy Director for Military Personnel Policy.
In 1986 he held the position of Executive to the Supreme Allied Command Europe (SACEUR). He then served as the Chief Defense Planner in the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), the headquarters for all the military forces of NATO. In September 1990, he was reassigned to Brussels, Belgium, to serve in the private office as a Special Advisor to the NATO Secretary General. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in January 1991, and then served as the Chief of Staff, U.S. European Command (EUCOM) in Stuttgart, Germany. During his time at EUCOM, the command participated in Desert Storm, Operation Provide Comfort to save 455,000 Kurdish people in Northern Iraq, and in other numerous relief and rescue contingency operations in Africa.
General Chelberg retired on July 31, 1993 and subsequently assumed the duties of the Deputy Director of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. In conjunction with the German Government the school taught students from the former WARSAW Pact Nations and from the former Soviet Union. From the initial development and continuing for two years, he had budgetary, personnel, logistics, and construction responsibilities. For his performance at the Marshall Center, he was presented with the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service.
His military decorations include: the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; the Army Distinguished Service Medal; two Defense Superior Service Medals; the Legion of Merit; five Bronze Stars; two Meritorious Service Medals; ten Air Medals; three Army Commendation Medals; and the Presidential Unit Citation (Navy).
General Chelberg was named the 1986 Outstanding Alumnus of Lake Superior State University, and he was for 1985 the Veteran of the Year for VFW Post 3676. He was presented the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 1990. Only four percent of Eagle Scouts receive this honor. While in Europe, he served as District Commissioner for the Transatlantic Council Boy Scouts of America in the United Kingdom, France and Belgium from 1987-90, and was the council vice president for membership from 2004-08. He was inducted into New Mexico State University's Business School Hall of Fame in 2001.
After military and civilian service of 34 years, General Chelberg has worked for Cubic Applications as a Managing Director in Europe and a Special Advisor in the U.S. For seven years, he promoted providing advice on organizational structure and computer assisted training exercises to former Warsaw Pact Nations.
He has served as a Senior Fellow at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia from 2001 to 2011. In January 2003, General Chelberg accepted the position of Program Manager for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Field Office located in Belgium. This organization had the responsibility of working nuclear, chemical and biological threats against SHAPE, NATO, and EUCOM. After spending three plus years in this position, he returned to the U.S., but made a number of trips in the next three years back to Europe to perform the role of a Senior Mentor for Foreign Consequence Management Exercises. These exercises were designed to develop solutions for weapons of mass destruction attacks made against NATO forces and NATO populations. During his time with DTRA and as a Senior Mentor, General Chelberg was employed by Northrop Grumman Information Systems. From 2010-16, he served as a senior advisor to TASC.
He is a lifetime member of the Association of the United States Army, and the Military Officers Association of America. In the past he has been a member of Rotary International and was a Paul Harris Fellow. When he was in Europe in the mid 90's, he was a member of the Federation of German American Clubs, and served as the organization's president from 1994-96.
General Chelberg currently serves as a volunteer President of sixteen volunteer Board Members for the Wounded Veterans Relief Fund which receives referrals from all the major Veterans Administration Medical Centers in Florida. This 501(c)3 organization provides temporary emergency financial needs to service connected disabled veterans who have served in our wars and conflicts since 9/11. The funds are paid to creditors to preclude eviction from a domicile for rent or mortgage payments, for electric, gas or water utilities, for car repair, license, insurance, and gas, home repairs, and other emergencies. Since 2014 over seven thousand veterans and their families have been assisted. The Military Officers Association of America presented their Community Hero's Assistance Award to the Wounded Veterans Relief Fund in October 2015.
As for the future, Lt. General (Retired) Chelberg intends to continue serving his country and deserving veterans and assisting others as appropriate.
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