[2] Subsequently, he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and was a graduate of Class of 1904, in which many of his classmates also later became famous generals, for example: Joseph Stilwell, Lesley J. McNair, Robert C. Richardson, Jr., Jay Leland Benedict, Innis P. Swift, Henry Conger Pratt, Francis Honeycutt, Charles F. Thompson, Fulton Q. Gardner, George R. Allin, William Bryden, Walter R. Fulton, Pelham D. Glassford, Irving J. Phillipson, Donald C. Cubbison or Thomas M.

[4] During World War I, Strong served overseas in France with American Expeditionary Forces.

Strong served as lieutenant colonel on the staff of IV Corps of the Second United States Army during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and for his staff service in this assignments, he was awarded with Army Distinguished Service Medal[5] and later with two Purple Hearts.

[7][8] Strong stayed in this capacity until 1942, where he was succeeded by Major General Daniel Isom Sultan.

Strong finally retired in June 1945 and died the following year at Doctors Hospital in Washington, D.C. at the age of 65.