NAME:
Lieutenant Colonel Ken Kimberly, U.S. Army (Retired)
Salmen High School
CLASS:
Army JROTC, Grades 9 - 12
SCHOOL PHONE:
985-643-2340
Lieutenant Colonel Ken Kimberly retired from the US Army in 1993 after more
than 29+ years service to his country. After Basic Combat Training in 1964,
then Private Kimberly was assigned to the 8th Infantry Division, Baumholder,
Germany. Colonel Kimberly applied for, and was accepted, for the Combat
Engineer Officer Candidate School, Fort Belvoir, VA. Colonel Kimberly was
commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1966. Colonel Kimberly's first
assignment as an officer was to the 2d Infantry Division, Republic of
Korea. From Korea, Colonel Kimberly deployed to the Republic of Vietnam.
Most of Colonel Kimberly's other assignments were states-side. He did
deployments to Korea, Egypt, and Honduras. As Director of Plans and
Operations of a Theater Sustainment Command, Colonel Kimberly executed the
deployment of 37,000 Soldiers from 188 organizations to Southwest Asia for
Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-1991. Colonel Kimberly
also served in Southwest Asia for Desert Storm in 1991 (Suadi Arabia &
Kuwait). After a variety of command and staff asignments, Colonel Kimberly
culminated his military career with an assignment at the Pentagon as a
Program Analyst, managing 54 Army-wide programs with a budget of $ 350
million. Colonel Kimberly's experience was mostly in Security, Plans,
Operations, Intelligence, and Training (Individual and Organizational
Training)- - 12 years. He spent 6 year as commander of 3 organizations, and,
4 years as an Army Inspector General (I.G.).
Colonel Kimberly received his Bachelors Degree from Bradley
University, Peoria, IL. He completed 30+ semester hours toward a non-
specific masters degree (Business Administration, National Security, and
Logistics).
Colonel Kimberly has been married more than 40 years, has two married adult
children, and five grandchildren.
JROTC Experience: Colonel Kimberly brings more than 16 years of Army JROTC
Instructor experience to Salmen High (hire date - July 1, 2005).
Immediately prior to coming to Salmen High, he spent eleven years at Hammond
High School Army JROTC(Tangipahoa Parish), and, one year at Joseph Samuel
Clark Senior High School, New Orleans.
Colonel Kimberly's mantra is "Mission First! People Always"!!
The overarching mission of Army JROTC is to "MOTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE
BETTER CITIZENS!" JROTC is a Leadership, Character, and Citizenship
Development program.
JROTC Goals are:
PROMOTE CITIZENSHIP AND PATRIOTISM
COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
IMPROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS
PROVIDE INCENTIVE TO LIVE DRUG FREE
STRENGTHEN POSITIVE SELF-MOTIVATION
PROVIDE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE MILITARY SERVICES
WORK AS A TEAM MEMBER
GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Embrace Life's Values of: LOYALTY, DUTY, RESPECT, SELFLESS SERVICE, HONOR,
INTEGRITY, AND PERSONAL COURAGE.
LIVE UP TO THE QUALITIES OF CHARACTER: TRUSTWORTHINESS,RESPECT,
RESPONSIBILITY,FAIRNESS, CARING, & CITIZENSHIP.
