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SUMMARY:Chamber Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special luncheon with guest speaker\, Colonel Kenneth J. Burgess\n\nCommander\, 2nd Ranger Battalion\, 75th Ranger Regiment\n\nUnited States Army Special Operations\n\nJoint Base Lewis-McChord\, Washington\n\n\n\nSponsored by:  AUSA\n\n\n\nCol Burgess has served over twenty years as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army.  He currently commands the 2nd Ranger Battalion\, 75th Ranger Regiment\, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord\, Washington.  He previously commanded 1-325 Airborne Infantry Regiment\, 82nd Airborne Division.  From 2011-2014 he served in the Pentagon on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) as an Africa Counter-terrorism Operations Officer and the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director for Special Operations and Counterterrorism (DDSO/CT)\, J37.  He was awarded the Joint Staff Action Officer of the Year by the CJCS in 2013.\n\n \n\nThroughout his career\, he has served in multiple leadership and staff positions\, including three tours in the 75th Ranger Regiment and two tours in the 82nd Airborne Division.  He was recently selected to Command the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vicenza\, Italy following the Army War College.    \n\n \n\nKen has deployed four times to Iraq\, and five times to Afghanistan.  His awards include four Bronze Star Medals\, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal\, and three Meritorious Service Medals.  His decorations include the Combat Infantryman Badge\, Ranger Tab\, Master Parachutist Badge\, Expert Infantryman Badge\, Pathfinder\, and Air Assault Badge.   \n\n \n\nKen Burgess is married to the former Amy Schroeder of Maryland Line\, MD and has two children\, Grey (10)\, and Ella (7).  He is the son of Captain (USN ret) Kenneth and Evelyn Burgess and has a brother\, LTC Andrew Burgess\, an Army Special Forces officer.      \n\n \n\nKen is a 1997 Distinguished Military Graduate from James Madison University\, Virginia\, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.  He holds a Master of Science Degree in Defense Analysis (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey\, CA.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Join us for a very special luncheon with guest speaker\, Colonel Kenneth J. Burgess</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Commander\, 2<sup>nd</sup> Ranger Battalion\, 75<sup>th</sup> Ranger Regiment</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">United States Army Special Operations</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Joint Base Lewis-McChord\, Washington<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Sponsored by:&nbsp\; AUSA</strong></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Col Burgess has served over twenty years as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army.&nbsp\; He currently commands the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ranger Battalion\, 75<sup>th</sup> Ranger Regiment\, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord\, Washington.&nbsp\; He previously commanded 1-325 Airborne Infantry Regiment\, 82<sup>nd</sup> Airborne Division.&nbsp\; From 2011-2014 he served in the Pentagon on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) as an Africa Counter-terrorism Operations Officer and the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director for Special Operations and Counterterrorism (DDSO/CT)\, J37.&nbsp\; He was awarded the Joint Staff Action Officer of the Year by the CJCS in 2013.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Throughout his career\, he has served in multiple leadership and staff positions\, including three tours in the 75<sup>th</sup> Ranger Regiment and two tours in the 82<sup>nd</sup> Airborne Division.&nbsp\; He was recently selected to Command the 173<sup>rd</sup> Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vicenza\, Italy following the Army War College.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Ken has deployed four times to Iraq\, and five times to Afghanistan.&nbsp\; His awards include four Bronze Star Medals\, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal\, and three Meritorious Service Medals.&nbsp\; His decorations include the Combat Infantryman Badge\, Ranger Tab\, Master Parachutist Badge\, Expert Infantryman Badge\, Pathfinder\, and Air Assault Badge.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Ken Burgess is married to the former Amy Schroeder of Maryland Line\, MD and has two children\, Grey (10)\, and Ella (7).&nbsp\; He is the son of Captain (USN ret) Kenneth and Evelyn Burgess and has a brother\, LTC Andrew Burgess\, an Army Special Forces officer.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:bookman old style\,serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Ken is a 1997 Distinguished Military Graduate from James Madison University\, Virginia\, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.&nbsp\; He holds a Master of Science Degree in Defense Analysis (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey\, CA.</span></span>
LOCATION:Emerald Queen Conference Center 5580 Pacific Hwy E\, Fife
UID:e.1279.973
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DTSTAMP:20260923T100338Z
URL:https://business.fmechamber.org/events/details/chamber-luncheon-05-09-2018-973
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