Under the provisions of Department of Defense 1348.33-M, the Secretary of Defense has awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Defense Superior Service Medal to General Robert William Cone, United States Army, for exceptionally superior service to the Department of Defense as Director, Joint Advanced Warfighting Program, Institute for Defense Analyses with duty as Director, Joint Lessons Learned Collection Team, United States Central Command, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Qatar and subsequently as Director, Joint Center for Lessons Learned, United States Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Virginia, from 2003 to 2004. The distinctive accomplishments of General Cone reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Army, and the Department of Defense.