Maj Kimberly J. Miller Oral History Side A

title:

Maj Kimberly J. Miller Oral History Side A

creator:

Miller, Kimberly J. (1962 May 27 - )

subject:

Marine Corps

description:

Side 1 of 2. Kimberly Miller was born on May 27, 1962 in Fullerton, California. After graduating high school, she attended Palimas Junior College and entered the Marine Corps through a delayed entry program in 1982. She went to basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina and Defense Information School for advanced training. In November of 1982, after completing all her training, she was stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, California and worked in public affairs. She married in 1984, and in 1985 she was assigned to the 9th Marine Corps District in Shawnee, Kansas. She went to an Editor’s Course in Indianapolis, Indiana, and in April 1988 she was transferred to the Marine Corps Recruitment Depot in San Diego, California to work in public affairs and as the head of community tours. In 1989, the Marine Corps sent her to San Diego State University, and she was selected for Officer Candidate School. She completed OCS between May and July 1990, returned to SDSU, and got a degree in journalism and coast law in 1992. After completing her studies, she was assigned to Marine Corps Headquarters as a media officer. In July 1995, she traveled to Okinawa, Japan to work on VJ Day commemorations that year, and remained stationed there for three years. While in Japan, she went on several deployments to China and Korea. In July 1998, she returned to the United States and attended Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia and was subsequently stationed in 1999 as a media officer at Camp Pendleton, California. While there, she took part in Exercise Bright Star in Egypt with 11 other countries. In 2000, she was moved to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California as deputy director in the public affairs office. As of the interview, she was still serving at the Marine Corps Recruitment Depot in San Diego, and her husband was stationed at Camp Pendleton. As of the interview, she had officially hit twenty years in the Marine Corps a month earlier. When the interview was conducted, Miller had reached the rank of Major. No transcript of this interview is currently available.

publisher:

Military Women's Memorial Foundation

contributor:

Wilson, Eleanor M.

date:

2002-07-24

type:

Audio

format:

Cassette

identifier:

648; 2002.648

source:

MCHC | CLIR - Recordings at Risk

language:

English

relation:

NR

coverage:

1980s | 1990s | 1982-interview

rights:

Unrestricted