Kenneth Rapuano

Kenneth Rapuano is an American Marine who has held various global security-related posts within the U.S. federal government. He most recently served from June 2017 to January 2021 as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security in the United States Department of Defense, having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 12, 2017, by a vote of 95–1.[1][2]

Kenneth Rapuano
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security
Assumed office
June 21, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byTom Atkin (Acting)
Personal details
BornRidgewood, NJ
Children4
EducationMiddlebury College (BS)
Georgetown University (MS)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Marine Corps
Years of service1984-2005
Rank Lieutenant Colonel

Early life and education

Rapuano is the son of Al and Catherine Rapuano, and a native of Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1980.[3] Following high school, he graduated with a B.S. in Political Science from Middlebury College and an M.S. in National Security Studies from Georgetown University.[4]

Military

Rapuano served 21 years in the United States Marines Corps on active duty and the reserve as an infantryman and intelligence officer with deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan. He deployed to Iraq in 2003, where he commanded the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center of the Iraq Survey Group established to conduct the mission of surveying and exploiting possible weapons of mass destruction activities throughout Iraq.[5] In 2006, he left his position as Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush to volunteer for active duty deployment to Afghanistan. He deployed as a Marine Corps intelligence officer with the Joint Special Operations Task Force, establishing and directing a targeting fusion center tracking high-value terrorists and insurgents.[6]

Career

Rapuano has previously worked for the think tanks ANSER and Mitre Corporation. At ANSER, he simultaneously served as a Senior Vice President while also acting as the Executive Director of the Studies & Analysis Group.[7] Prior to working for ANSER, he was the President of Homeland Security at ICx Technologies.[8] Rapuano has previously served as the Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, the Deputy Undersecretary for Counter-Terrorism at the United States Department of Energy, and as a Special Assistant in International Security Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.[9][10]

References
  1. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Key Administration Posts". The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. March 16, 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. Tritten, Travis (June 12, 2017). "Trump pick Kenneth Rapuano confirmed for Pentagon homeland defense job". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. http://bergenpassaicfootball.com/?page_id=46. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. http://wmdcenter.ndu.edu/Media/Biographies/Bio-View/Article/637764/kenneth-p-rapuano/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. http://wmdcenter.ndu.edu/Media/Biographies/Bio-View/Article/637764/kenneth-p-rapuano/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. http://wmdcenter.ndu.edu/Media/Biographies/Bio-View/Article/637764/kenneth-p-rapuano/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.anser.org/leadership/kenneth-p-rapuano/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. http://www.executivegov.com/2017/06/senate-confirms-kenneth-rapuano-as-dod-assistant-secretary-for-homeland-defense-global-security/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Freedberg Jr., Sydney; Clark, Colin (March 16, 2017). "Trump Picks Technocrats, Not Billionaires, For Top Pentagon Posts". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. "President Announces Picks for Senior Pentagon Posts". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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