Background
Kilgore, Joe Everett was born on December 11, 1954 in Chattanooga. Son of Joe Everett and Jewell Yvonne (Nunley) Kilgore.
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Joe Everett Kilgore
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Education
Bachelor in Biology, U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1976; Master of Science in Systems Management, University of Southern California, 1980; Master of Arts in International Rels., Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1990; Master of Science in National Security, United States Naval War College, Newport, 1990.
Career
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1976;
advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1987;
platoon leader, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1976-1979;
detachment commander 1st battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1980-1983;
company commander headquarters, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1983-1984;
plans and operations officer, United States Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii., 1985-1989;
commander A Company, 2d battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1990-1991;
Executive officer 2d battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1991-1992;
commander 1st battalion 7th SFGA, United States Army, 1995-1997;
chief special forces division, director training and doctrine, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, since 1997. Executive officer 1st Special Forces Group, 1992. Inspector general USSOCOM, 1993.
Director training Down Under Divers, Waipahu, Hawaii, 1985-1989. Instructor scuba diving Aquidneck Island Divers, Salve Regina College, 1989-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Advisor Explorer Post 5101, Boy Scouts American, Chattanooga, 1972-1976. Director Explorer Olymics, U. Tennessee, 1975. Instructor oxygen first aid Divers Alert Network, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1991.
Instructor, disaster volunteer American Red Cross. Speaker junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program, Oahu, Hawaii, 1985-1989. Member NRA (life), National Association Underwater Instrs.
(life, instructor), Special Forces Association (life, membership committee 1991-1992), Association United States Army, Reserve Officers Association, American Legon, North America Fishing Club (life charter), Beta BetaBeta.
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Married Mary Nijhuis, August 21, 1982.
