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Brigadier General Monte L. Rone
Infantry School Commandant,
U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence

Brigadier General Rone was commissioned in the Infantry upon graduation from Eastern Michigan University in 1995. BG Rone has served in Airborne, Mechanized/Armor, and Stryker formations. His first assignment was with the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After completion of the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, BG Rone commanded Bravo Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Company in the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colorado.

BG Rone’s later command assignments include Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division (Forward), Poznan, Poland in support of OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE; Brigade Commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, where he also served as the Deputy Commander for Train Advise Assist Command – East (TAAC-East), in Afghanistan; Battalion Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Cavazos, Texas, where he also served as the Commander of Task Force Thunderhorse, Laghman Province, Afghanistan.

His key staff assignments include serving as the Director, Army Chief of Staff Coordination Group; Director, Combined/Joint Operations (CJ3) for Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, Djibouti; G3 Operations Officer for the 1st Armored Division; and Infantry Branch Assignment Officer, U.S. Army Human Resources Command.

BG Rone’s most recent assignments include serving as the Deputy Commanding General (Support) and later Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver) of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Cavazos, Texas. In his last duty assignment BG Rone served as the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Multinational Corps Northeast, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Szczecin, Poland.

BG Rone holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Auditing from Eastern Michigan University, a Master of Science in Public Policy Administration from Georgetown University, and a Master’s in strategic studies from the United States Army War College. His operational experience includes deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, East Africa, and Eastern Europe.