Dr. Robert S. Rush, Command Sergeant Major (USA Ret.), during a career that spanned 30 years, served in leadership positions from squad leader through continental army sergeant major, and includes assignments in Ranger, light and mechanized infantry units. Upon retirement, he attended The Ohio State University and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in military history in 2000. Beginning work at the U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) in 2001, he is currently on his second tour in Iraq as a historian, this time for Multi-National Corps-Iraq and I Corps. Before his current assignment, Dr. Rush was program officer for international military history activities at CMH, responsible for both the academic content and logistical implementation of exchange programs with foreign military history offices. He served as coordinator/director of the Euro Atlantic Conflict Studies Group, and has initiated contact and built support for both Pacific Rim and Middle Eastern Conflict Study Groups. He also vetted the Smithsonian Institute’s World War II portion of The Price of Freedom: Americans at War. In Iraq in 2006, he collected documents and interviews from those persons and organizations participating in the Iraq reconstruction from which a comprehensive manuscript on reconstruction as a whole will be written. Prior to his 2009 deployment, he was chief of the CMH Field and International Programs, responsible for oversight of the Army’s Field History Program, International Programs and Military History Education, to include the validation of military history detachments entering theater. Dr. Rush’s books include: GI: The U.S. Infantryman in World War II (2004); U.S. Infantryman in World War II (1): Pacific Theater of Operations 1942–1945 (2002); U.S. Infantryman in World War II (2): Mediterranean Theater of Operations 1943–1945 (2002); U.S. Infantryman in World War II (3) European Theater of Operations 1944–1945 (2003); Hell in Hürtgen Forest: Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment (2001); The Soldier’s Guide 7th Edition (2006) (8th Edition TBP 2010); The NCO Guide 8th Edition (2006) (9th Edition TBP 2009). He has also had articles published in Armed Forces and Society, Military Review, Army History, On Point, Army Trainer and NCO Journal, as well as in several international journals.