Background
III, Robert L. Ord, was born on May 12, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
III, Robert L. Ord, was born on May 12, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1962. Graduate, Infantry Officer Advanced Crs., 1969. Graduate, Command and General Staff College, 1974.
Graduate, Army War College, 1980.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1962; advanced through grades to Lieutenant general, United States Army, 1992; with, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii., 1962-1966; rifle company commander, 25th Infantry Division, Vietnam, 1966-1967; ground liaison officer, 516th Tactical Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 1967-1968; aide-de-camp to commanding general, 1st United States Army, Fort Meade, Maryland., 1969-1972; Vietnamese ranger command senior advisor, Vietnam, 1972-1973; chief of plans and operations, Military Region IV, Four Party Joint Military Commission, Vietnam, 1973; personnel management officer, United States Army Military Pers. Center (MILPERCEN), Alexandria, Virginia, 1974-1976; commander, 2d Battalion, 1st Infantry Training Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1976-1977; from chief infantry branch and officer personnel management directorate to chief of joint and staff activities branch, MILPERCEN G3, chief of staff, commander 9th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California Executive officer to deputy chief of staff for personnel, Department Army chief of staff, Combined Field Army, Camp Red Cloud, Korea, 1987-1988; assistant division commander, 7th Infantry Division, 1989-1990; commanding general, United States Total Army Pers. Command, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990-1992; commander, 25th Infantry Division and United States Army Hawaii, Schofield Barracks, 1992-1993; commander, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii., since 1993.