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About The Teacher
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"!!

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Mission
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.