Joe Robbles

Joe Robles (January 24, 1946 – July 4, 2024) was a United States Army general and banking executive American of Puerto Rican origin. He was the president and CEO of USAA from 2007 to 2015. He was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. After working at USAA, he worked for periods of time on the boards of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital and the P16Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation, as well as working on the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

Education Attended Kent State University in Ohio to earn a degree in accounting, and later to Indiana State University for a Master of Business Administration. From there Joe graduated from the Army General Staff College, the Spanish General Staff College, and the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Military career Robles was drafted to the United States Army in 1966, completed his basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. While there, his high test scores earned him a recommendation for Artillery Officer Candidate School in Fort Sill in Oklahoma. In 1967, as a newly commissioned second lieutenant, Robles was sent to Korea and then Vietnam. He worked at the Pentagon as a Colonel in the Army Budget Office. In 1986 at the age of 42 he was promoted Brigadier General and assigned as Assistant Division Commander with the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. In 1993 he was promoted to Major General in command of the 1st Infantry Division, at Fort Riley Kansas. Robles retired from the United States Army in 1994.

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Death He died on July 4, 2024, at the age of 78. He was buried with full military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery