Army Maj. Gen. found dead in home two days before assuming new command

PopularMilitary.Com ^ | 2 August 2016 | Michael Swaney

[amorphous]

The former commander of the the Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Oklahoma was found dead in his on-post home at Redstone Arsenal on Sunday.

Maj. Gen. John Rossi, 55, had just arrived Redstone Arsena to take over as the commander of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command since relinquishing command of Fort Sill on July 21st, according to KSWO.

Rossi and his family only moved into their house on-post less than two weeks ago, according to John Cummings, a spokesman for Army Space and Missile Defense Command.

Today, he was scheduled to be promoted to lieutenant general and take over command from Lt. Gen. David Mann. Mann, who was scheduled to retire, will remain in command of Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, said Cummings.

“He really was a very out front, very polished, professional leader. He was the first non-field artilleryman to command Fort Sill, that had challenges which he met very adroitly, very professionally. He just really stepped up to be a true leader in the community which is what was expected and what he did,” said Retired Major General Lee Baxter (former Fort Sill commander).

According to Baxter, Major General Rossi served all around the United States, Korea, Germany, Southwest Asia and Iraq with the Air Defense Artillery. He said he Rossi became great friends over the years at Fort Sill and rarely went more than a week or 10 days without talking.

[PROCON]

I took FDC training at Ft. Sill many moons ago.

RIP, General.

[Yollopoliuhqui]

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[Jack Hydrazine]

Kinda reminds me of a former airline pilot and 9/11 truther named Philip Marshall who was shot to death plus his two children and his dog. It was blamed as a murder suicide. He wrote a book about 9/11 called “The Big Bamboozle: 9/11 and the War on Terror.”

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[Nifster]

Not good....not good at all

[Albion Wilde]

What did he know, and when did he know it?

So sorry for his family.

[butterdezillion]

Space and Missile Defense. Isn’t that precisely who would be responsible to protect us from NK and/or Iranian satellites set in orbit to enable an EMP attack from the south, which is currently unprotected by radar?

[Steve Van Doorn]

Thank you

[Whenifhow]

It would seem that is the case. Perhaps another commander will be assigned soon.

[easternsky]

Oh for sure there will be , one muzzie friendly, think we are in deep crap sooner then we thought,

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[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[redleghunter]

Thank you for posting this. I had not heard of MG Rossi’s passing until checking in here. My buddy at work a retired COL worked for him a few years ago and I just informed him.

Prayers up for the Rossi family.

[redleghunter]

Thanks for the ping. Had not heard of this yet. Had to inform my co-worker who used to work for him.

Ever since I retired I find out third or fourth hand about GOs and former bosses passing away. While on active duty I was on the notification list.

There has to be a better way for the ‘old timers’ who are retired to find out this news while we can still contact the families in the appropriate time.

[redleghunter]

Thanks for the ping. Had not heard of this yet. Had to inform my co-worker who used to work for him.

Ever since I retired I find out third or fourth hand about GOs and former bosses passing away. While on active duty I was on the notification list.

There has to be a better way for the ‘old timers’ who are retired to find out this news while we can still contact the families in the appropriate time.

[Tammy8]

Seems odd he would commit suicide when he was about to get a promotion, new command...