Ken Keen

Keen, 2009

PK "Ken" Keen is a retiree and has been Deputy Commander of the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) since 2009 . In 2010 he became known to a wider public when he spoke of Port-au-Prince from the auxiliary operational the United States Armed Forces after the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 led.

Life

Keen is from Kentucky . In 1974 he graduated from Eastern Kentucky University . There he did his bachelor's degree in mathematics. In military terms, he achieved the rank of lieutenant general .

career

• infantry
• Special forces
• 1977–1988 officer in Panama, Honduras and Brazil
• Command of the United States Army Rangers in the Second Gulf War
• 2001–2003 command of the US military in Colombia
• 2005–2007 command of USARSO, a unit of SOUTHCOM
• 2007–2009 Chief of Staff United States European Command (EUCOM)
• 2009-today Deputy Command SOUTHCOM

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

• Army Distinguished Service Medal
• Defense Superior Service Medal
• Legion of Merit
• Defense Meritorious Service Medal
• Meritorious Service Medal
• Army Achievement Medal

Web links

• biography
• Lieutenant General P. K. (Ken) Keen Military Deputy Commander USSOUTHCOM (PDF file, 53 kB)
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