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Kevin Landers assumes command

Thu, 09/11/2008 - 3:57pm
By: The Citizen

Kevin Landers assumes command

Lt. Col. Kevin P. Landers Sr., son of Jim and Becky Landers of Peachtree City, Ga., is the new commander of the 4th Engineer Battalion (Combat Effects), Ft. Carson, Colo. The Change of Command ceremony took place at Ft. Carson on August 6, 2008. Landers holds a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Georgia and a masters of science degree in defense geographic information systems from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. He has been a registered landscape architect since 1998 in the state of Virginia. He was commissioned in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1990, at the University of Georgia. 

His military education includes the command and general staff college and the engineer officer basic and advanced courses at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

His previous assignments include: Platoon Leader, 72nd Engineer Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia; Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer, 43rd Engineer Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia; Company Commander, 5th Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Deputy Inspector General, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; instructor at the National Geospatial Intelligence College (NGA), Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and Battalion Operations Officer and Executive Officer for the 30th Engineer Battalion (Topographic) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Most recently, Landers redeployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom as part of the Governance Assessment Team assessing the capacity of the Iraqi Government for Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus.

His military awards and decorations include: the Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the United Nations Medal - Somalia, Pathfinder Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Master Parachutist Badge.

Landers is married to the former Melody Wilson of Grantsville, West Virginia. They have five children: Kevin Jr., Kyle, Megan, Amanda and Justin.

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The unspoken truths....April 2009
Submitted by Catherinefor4 on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 4:18pm.

Congrads on your militay career and promotion because the only thing Kevin has left is the military.
Now LTC. Landers has failed in his attempt to take the role as a father in his divorce from the mother of Kevin, Megan Amanda, and Justin. Kevin Jr. ran away from home more than once and now lives in NJ. Megan was sent to Arkansas to live with her mom's parents but grandma died and she was forced back. Megan has now been sent away again. Amanda also ran away from home several times and then was sent to live with her mom in Mexico, but Kevin sr. would not allow her to stay and now Amanda has been sent away. Once again, why? It is only a matter of time before Justin's wants to leave. While this LTC. is wearing his rank at the office-his children are falling apart all around him and he just gets rid of them. How can he lead soilders if he can't even lead his own family? "If you have nothing to hide..hide nothing??" Interesting question. I love the military, but this man is an embarrassment to his uniform, his faimly, and especially to his children.

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