US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Polk, LA)

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ROBERT HALDANE Major General, US Army Commandlng General Robert Haldane was born in Glen Rock, New Jersey, on 30 September 1924. After serving as a Corporal in the United State Army Air Corps from 2 April 1943 to 15 June 1944, he entered the United States Military Academy in July 1944 and graduated as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in 1947. During 1947-1948 he attended the Ground Gen- eral School at Fort Benning, Georgia. In 1948 he was assigned to the 18th Infantry Regiment, First Infantry Division in Germany where he served as Platoon Leader and Company Commander until 1952. In 1952 he joined the 3d Infantry Regiment, Fort Myer, Virginia and served as Company Commander and Battalion 3-3 until 1953. During 1953 and 1954 he attended the Airborne School and the Infantry School tAdvanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia. After graduating from the Infantry School, he served in Korea as a Project Officer with Headquarters, Armed Forces Far East. In 1955 he returned to West Point, New York, where he served as Company Tacti- cal Officer until 1958. In 1958 and 1959 he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS US ARMY TRAINING CENTER, INFANTRY AND FORT POLK Fort Polk, Louisiana The weeks leading up to your graduation from Basic Combat Training have probably been the most hectic, bewildering and hopefully beneficial weeks of your life to date. They have changed you in many ways as you made your transition from civilian to military life. This book attempts to document that change and points the way to your future in the United States Army. My sincere wishes go with you for a professionally rewarding and personally satisfying career. 2 ' ROBERT HALDANE ' Major General, USA Commanding

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After completion of the Command and General Staff College, he was assigned as 8-3. 2d Airborne Battle Group, 503d Infantry. Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He accompanied the Battle Group to Okinawa in 1960. After serving 32 months as Battle Group 8-3, he became Assistant G3. IX Corps. In 1963 he attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. He was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of Personnel, United States Army. in 1963. In 1964 he was assigned as an Assistant Secretary of the General Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army. In 1965 he joined the lst Infantry Division at Fort RiIey. Kansas. as Commanding Officer, lst Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment. He ac- companied the Battalion to Vietnam and remained Battalion Com- mander until August 1966 when he returned to the US Army Com- bat Developments Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In 1967 he attended the National War College in Washington, DC. Upon completion, he rejoined the lst Infantry Division as Comman- der, Division Support Command, then Commanding Officer, 3d Bri- gade. until August 1969. He rejoined the Department of Tactics at West Point, New York, serv- ing as the Commanding Officer, 2d Regiment, United State Corps of Cadets from August 1969 to June 1970. During this period tfrom 9 February to 8 May 19701 he attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. In June 1970 he assumed the duties of Commander of Camp Buckner, West Point, New York. General Haldane became Deputy Commanding General of Fort Dix, New Jersey, in August 1970 and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in March 1971. In 1972 General Haldane was assigned as the Commanding General, lst Infantry Division tFWDI at Goeppingen, Germany, his fourth as- signment with the Big Red One. General Haldane became Chief of Staff. VII Corps, on 30 March 1974 and was promoted to Major General on 1 September 1974. General Haldane assumed his present position as Commander of the United States Army Training Center, Infantry and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, Louisiana, on 6January 1975.