article_snippet: Following basic training in 1999, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune.
article_snippet: he deployed to Kosovo and served with special operations teams in Iraq and Afghanistan before years before joining a Marine Corps special operations unit in 2010.
article_snippet: he spent eight months as a liaison to Army Special Operations Command before joining he Middle East-focused regiment four years ago.
article_snippet: he enlisted in Marine Corps in 2006.
article_snippet: After boot camp, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune.
article_snippet: he served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan Afghanistan before joining Marine Corps special operations force in 2011 and returning to Afghanistan in 2012.
article_snippet: he attended the United States Naval Academy and became a commissioned Marine officer upon graduation in 2006.
article_snippet: he graduated from the Infantry Officer Course and was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines.
article_snippet: he served two tours of duty in Iraq in 2007 and 2009, according to information provided by the Marines at Camp Lejeune.
article_snippet: he career took he to Japan, where he became the deputy camp commander of a jungle warfare training center on Okinawa in 2011.
article_snippet: he graduated from the Malaysian army's jungle warfare course and then joined the Marine special forces.
article_snippet: Kemp started as an artillery mechanic, and Kemp military merit led to three quick promotions.
article_snippet: Kemp completed training in special operations in 2012 and spent seven months in Afghanistan before returning in June.