S4E09 Air Force MSgt (Ret) Craig Kim

I’m joined today by Air Force MSgt (Ret) Craig Kim.  Craig attended Taylor-Dewitt Middle-High School in Pierson, FL. After graduating in 1998, he spoke to an Air Force recruiter and decided to join at 17 as a 3P0X1 Security Forces. He attended Basic Training and Tech School at Lackland Air Force Base, TX. He was first assigned to the 45th Security Forces Squadron at Patrick AFB, FL. During that assignment he was deployed twice. When he returned he re-trained to Information Management and attended Tech School at Kessler AFB, MS. Upon graduation in 2002, he was assigned to Goodfellow AFB, TX. During that assignment he deployed to Jordan in 2003.
In 2005, Craig’s next assignment took him to NORAD-USNORTHCOM in Building 2 at Peterson AFB, CO.  In 2008, his AFSC was consolidated and he was placed in the IT Field.  He was next assigned in 2011 to the 39th Comm Squadron at Incirlik AB, Turkey.  Upon returning in 2012, he was assigned to the 460th Space Comm Squadron at Buckley AFB, CO.  In 2017, he was promoted to MSgt. In 2018, he took his final assignment at the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Organization in Reston, VA. Craig retired from the Air Force on 31 July 2020.