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, Honduras, and participated in Operation 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. 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 38 years, has two married adult children, and five grandchildren.

JROTC Experience:  Colonel Kimberly brings more than 14 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.

Salmen High School
300 Spartan Dr.
Slidell LA 70458

Salmen Phone
(985) 643-7359

JROTC Phone
(985) 643-2340