Warrant Officer K King

Operations Warrant Officer

WO Kevin King was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He joined the Regiment in Sept of 1989, after completing basic training at CFRD Cornwallis and TQ3 at CFB Gaagetown. 

He started his Regimental life as a Cougar Gunner in 4 Tp B Sqn. He has completed a multitude of courses, including Combat Leaders Course in 1991 and Leopard C1 gunner in 1993. As a member of B Sqn, he deployed to Bosnia on Op CAVALIER in 1994, as a Tp Leaders Gunner and also a Crew Commander. In 1995, he completed a short stint with RHQ, as the CO's Driver. 1996 seen him move to C Sqn, in preparation for his 1997 deployment to Bosnia, on Op PALLADIUM as a Cougar Crew Commander. Upon completion of that deployment in 1998, he remained in C Sqn and within the year became a Charlie Tank Commander. WO King once again deployed to Bosnia in 2000 as part of the Task Force HQ. Upon completion of that Tour, he was employed as a Bravo Tank Commander and completed his QL6A and was promoted to Sgt in Sept 2002.  

In 2002, WO King completed the Advanced Armour Gunners Course at the Armour School in Gagetown, NB. 2003 had him employed as the Ops Sgt and Squadron Gunnery Warrant Officer for B Sqn. During this time, he deployed on Op PEREGINE , fighting the BC forest fires, from August - September. He was in charge of B Sqn Gunnery for the CAN-AM Cup, a tank gunnery competition, in Boise, Idaho from October - November.

From 2004- 2007, WO King was posted to CTC Gagetown Armour School. While at the Armour School, he instructed on numerous Gunnery and Tactics Courses. In April 2006, he was promoted to his current rank.

In 2007, WO King returned to Edmonton, where he was employed as a Tp WO within A Sqn, in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan on Op ARCHER TF 3-08 in Sept 2008. WO King moved to Recce Sqn in 2009, where he prepared for Op PODIUM, Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics. After Op PODIUM, he stayed within Recce Sqn and became the SQMS. In the Fall of 2010, he moved to RHQ as the Regimental Gunnery Warrant Officer. In June 2011, he moved to his current position as the Regimental Ops Warrant Officer.

WO King has been married to Seema since September 1993. They have 2 children Jasmine and Tarin.