Colonel Robert M. Klein was commissioned as a Military Police Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School class 2-89, 9 March 1989. His first duty assignment was a Platoon Leader, 3rd Platoon, 536th Military Police Company, Grafenwoehr, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Operations Officer, 282nd Base Support Battalion, Hohenfels Germany; Plans Officer, 24th Corps Support Group, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Company Commander, 24th Military Police Company, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Instructor and later Assistant Professor, History Department, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; Psychological Operations Officer, 6th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Strategic Planner, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Strategic Planner, Army G 3/5 Plans and Policy, Pentagon, Virginia; War Plans Officer, Joint Operational War Plans Division, Joint Staff J-7, Pentagon, Virginia; Strategist, Multifunctional Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq; Strategy and Policy Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Virginia; Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5, United States Army North, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Senior Strategic Planner, Office of the Chief of Staff of The Army, Pentagon, Virginia. | His military education consists of the Officer Candidate School, Military Police Basic Officer Leadership Course, Military Police Advanced Officer Leadership Course, Airborne School, The Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Course, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Defense Strategy Course and The United States Naval War College. | His military awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, The Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, The Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Parachutist Badge, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.