Cognitive Maneuver in the Operating Environment

Speaker: Warburg, R. (USASOC)

Date: June 2016

COL(Ret) Robert A. Warburg retired on 10/01/2014 after 30 years of service. He is currently the Director, G-9, (Concepts, Experimentation, Science and Technology and Capability Integration and Analysis Directorate’s) at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The G-9 Directorate manages the future direction of the command through the Silent Quest Wargame Platform, the USASOC Campaign of Learning Program and the USASOC Futures Forum.

COL(Ret) Warburg served in a variety of leadership positions; from Platoon Leader through Brigade Commander and Army Staff positions ranging from Battalion Operations Officer through Assistant Chief of Staff, G3, of the U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne), headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was fortunate to command 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from 2002-2004.

From 2007 through 2009, he served as the Director of Operations for Special Operations Command – Europe in Stuttgart, Germany. In 06/2009, he assumed command of the 188th Infantry Brigade, part of the First Army Division East, at Fort Stewart, Georgia. COL(Ret) Warburg returned to Fort Bragg in 2011 to serve as the Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. From 07/2012 to 06/2014, COL(Ret) Warburg served as the commander of the Military Information Support Operations Command (Airborne), also headquartered at Fort Bragg.

He received the Distinguished Honor Graduate and the William O. Darby Award for U.S. Army Ranger School, Class 05-1992. At his retirement, he received the Distinguished Service Medal from LTG Charles T. Cleveland, the Commanding General of the United States Army Special Operations Command.