Blevins, Kenneth, CDR

Restricted Line Officer
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
144X-Engineering Duty Officer - Ship Engineering Specialist
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Restricted Line Officer
Primary Unit
1996-1998, 144X, Strategic Systems Projects Office (SSPO), Washington, DC
Previously Held NEC
HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman
HM-3391-Nuclear Power Plant Operator
116X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare (In Training)
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Service Years
1968 - 1998
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Order of the Shellback
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
Commander Commander

 Official Badges 

Strategic Command (Pre 2002) US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge Navy Officer Honorable Discharge




 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Cold War Medal Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Persian Excursion

Cold War Veteran Did the Ditch (Suez Canal)


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Branch 67United States Naval InstituteMilitary Officers Association of America (MOAA)Navy Mustang Association
Navy Together We ServedNavy Nuclear Weapons Association (NNWA)Post 1Chapter 70
United States Navy Cruiser Sailors Association
  1973, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 67 (Member) (Suitland, Maryland) - Chap. Page
  1976, United States Naval Institute - Assoc. Page
  1988, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  1990, Navy Mustang Association
  2007, Navy Together We Served
  2009, Navy Nuclear Weapons Association (NNWA) - Assoc. Page
  2011, American Legion, Post 1 (Member) (Memphis, Tennessee) - Chap. Page
  2011, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 70 (Member) (Memphis, Tennessee) - Chap. Page
  2012, United States Navy Cruiser Sailors Association - Assoc. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Retired. Residing in Lakeland, TN. Raising 2 adopted boys (2003) from Samara, Russia.  Concord Academy of Memphis. 
   
Other Comments:

1998 - 2001: TASC, Reading, MA - TRIDENT Accuracy Program Manager.
2001 - 2010: Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, CA - Senior Manager, Nuclear Weapons Security Program.
   

 Remembrance Profiles -  7 Sailors Remembered
  • Barrier, Louis, CPO
  • Bonham, James, PO3
  • Gonzalez, Julian, HN
  • Lowe, Harry, CPO
  • Sollenberger, Robert, CAPT
  • White, Thomas, PO2

 Ribbon Bar
Surface Warfare Officer Badge

 
 Enlisted/Officer Basic Training
  1968, Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL)
  1976, Officer Candidate School (Newport, RI)
 Unit Assignments
Naval Reserve Forces CommandUS NavyUSS Ranger (CV-61)Naval Nuclear Power Unit (NAVNUPWRU, NNPU)
Officer Candidate School (OCS) (Faculty Staff) Faculty Department (Staff) Naval Guided Missile School Naval Justice School (Faculty Staff)USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
USS Spruance (DD-963)Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 10, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)Strategic Systems Projects Office (SSPO), Washington, DCStrategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC)
US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)CNO - OPNAVDepartment of Defense (DOD)
  1968-1969, Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Centers
  1970-1971, HM-0000, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Kodiak, AK
  1971-1972, HM-0000, USS Ranger (CV-61)
  1972-1974, HM-3391, Naval Nuclear Power Unit (NAVNUPWRU, NNPU)
  1976-1976, 116X, Officer Candidate School (OCS) (Faculty Staff)
  1977-1977, 116X, Faculty Department (Staff) Naval Guided Missile School
  1977-1977, 116X, Naval Justice School (Faculty Staff)
  1977-1980, 111X, USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)
  1982-1984, 111X, USS Spruance (DD-963)
  1984-1986, 111X, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 10, Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT)
  1986-1991, 144X, Strategic Systems Projects Office (SSPO), Washington, DC
  1991-1993, 144X, Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC)
  1993-1996, 144X, US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
  1996-1996, 144X, CNO - OPNAV
  1996-1998, 144X, Strategic Systems Projects Office (SSPO), Washington, DC
  1997-1998, 144X, Department of Defense (DOD)
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1977-1977 Training Exercise - Silver Fox '77
 Colleges Attended 
Friends UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversityAir Force Institute of TechnologyDefense Acquisition University
  1966-1968, Friends University
  1974-1976, North Carolina State University
  1980-1982, Air Force Institute of Technology
  1996-1996, Defense Acquisition University
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