KENNETH L. KAMPER
Major General
Deputy Commanding General
III Corps & Fort Hood
Major General Ken Kamper is the III Corps Deputy
Commanding General at Fort Hood, Texas. MG Ken
Kamper commissioned as an Artillery Officer in 1989 from
the United States Military Academy at West Point. His
military education includes a Bachelor of Science from the
U.S Military Academy, a Master of Arts from the U.S.
Naval War College, and a Master of Strategic Studies from
the U.S. Army War College.
MG Kamper has commanded at the Battery, Battalion, and
Brigade level as well as the Operational Test Command.
His past assignments include: 29th Field Artillery
Regiment, 1st Armored Division, United States Army
Europe and Seventh Army; 82nd Airborne Division; 1
st
Battalion, 508
th
Airborne Battalion Combat Team; 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment;
2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment (Automatic), a part of 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry
Division; 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment (Red Lions) in 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division; 17th Fires Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, I Corps; 1st Infantry Division;
4th Infantry Division, and III Corps.
MG Kamper’s combat and operational experience include deployments to OPERATION
IRAQI FREEDOM from 2003-2005 and 2006-2008, OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE,
and OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE from 2014-2015 and 2017-2018.
MG Kamper’s Awards and decorations include: Combat Action Badge, Senior Parachutist
Badge, and Ranger Tab.