Education
Cone is a native of Manchester, New Hampshire. He graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1979 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Armor Branch. Cone earned a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and was inducted in the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He served as both an instructor and Assistant Professor in the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Department at West Point. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies in 1998 from the Naval War College and was named "Graduate of Highest Distinction". Additionally, Cone was a Fellow in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI Program.
His military education includes the Naval War College, the Army Command and General Staff College, the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, and the Armor Officer Basic Course.
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