________________________________________________________________________Richard S. Kem
We've just got great people and a great mission and a great opportunity to serve, and I feel
that I have contributed more than my fair share and have some significant achievements that
I'm proud of. So, it's been a wonderful time.
At the same time, they don't let you stay forever. I've always known that at least by June of
next year I would be retired mandatorily. So, I started on a path to ensure that I was looking
at opportunities should they come up in the final year and not stay until the very last day
before I started looking.
Mentally, I'm prepared for that transition as well. So, I feel pretty good.
Q:
Well, it's certainly been a pleasure talking about the last year.
A:
Sure. Well, I've enjoyed this. It's been fun.
In a ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, on 3 May 2002, Major General
Richard S. Kem, USA (Ret.) (center, right), received the Gold Order of the deFleury
Medal from Lieutenant General Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers and Colonel of
the Army Engineer Regiment (center, left). The Gold Order of the deFleury Medal is the
most prestigious individual recognition award presented by the Army Engineer
Regiment. Only one such medal is presented each year. General Kem also is wearing
the Silver Order of the deFleury Medal, which he received in May 1989.
(Photos by F. T. Eyre, HQUSACE, and Michael Curtis, DPTM TSC, Fort Leonard Wood.)
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