Kevin Vereen

{{short description|United States Army general}}

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|caption = Official portrait, 2022

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|birth_place = Fort Bragg, North Carolina{{cite web|url=https://recruiting.army.mil/aboutUSAREC/command_bios/Bio-Display/Article/2284779/commanding-general/|title=Commanding General|access-date=2021-05-30}}

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|allegiance = United States

|branch = United States Army

|serviceyears = 1988–2024

|rank = Lieutenant General

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|commands = United States Army Recruiting Command
United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
United States Army Corrections Command
14th Military Police Brigade
701st Military Police Battalion

|battles = Iraq War

|awards = Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (4)
Bronze Star Medal

|alma_mater = Campbell University
United States Army Command and General Staff College

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Kevin Vereen is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the deputy chief of staff for installations of the U.S. Army from 2022 to 2024. He previously served as commanding general of the United States Army Recruiting Command from 2020 to 2022. As the army's chief recruiter, Vereen was the principal military advisor to the Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on all matters pertaining to the scouting, recruiting, medical and psychological examination, induction, and processing of potential service personnel. He served as the United States Army Provost Marshal General from 2019 to 2020 and as deputy commanding general (operations) of the Army Recruiting Command from 2017 to 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-9758/kevin-vereen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214641/https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-9758/kevin-vereen|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2021|title=MG Kevin Vereen|access-date=2021-05-30}}{{cite web|url=https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1876672/usarec-welcomes-new-deputy-commanding-officer/|title=USAREC welcomes new deputy commanding officer|date=2019-06-14|access-date=2021-05-30|publisher=USAREC Public Affairs|website=U.S. Army Recruiting Command}}{{cite web|url=https://recruiting.army.mil/News/Article/2286458/usarec-welcomes-new-command-team/|title=USAREC welcomes new command team|date=2020-07-23|access-date=2021-05-30|publisher=USAREC Public Affairs|website=U.S. Army Recruiting Command}}

Military career

In May 2022, Vereen was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as the deputy chief of staff for installations of the United States Army.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/2077?s=1&r=7|title=PN2077 — Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen — Army|date=2022-05-10|website=United States Congress}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/announcement/usa-3158|title=General Officer Assignment Announcement, dtd 2 June 2022|date=2022-06-02|access-date=2022-06-03|publisher=Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army|website=GOMO}}

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