Kenneth Bowra

Kenneth Rhodes Bowra (born October 23, 1948) is a retired major general who served in the US Army from 1970 to 2003. Bowra saw service with US special forces in the Vietnam War and Cambodian Civil War and has worked with the Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Special Operations Command. He later fought in the US Invasion of Grenada and in the Somali Civil War and First Gulf War. In 1998 he was given command of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and in 2000 was deputy commander of NATO's Kosovo Force. Retiring in 2003 he is now a diplomat with the US State Department in Saudi Arabia.

Vietnam Kenneth Bowra attended The Citadel military college in South Carolina and graduated in 1970. He was commissioned into the 82nd Airborne Division and completed special forces training. Deployed in the Vietnam War initially as a Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group reconnaissance team leader Bowra later served as an advisor to Cambodian Army units undertaking training with US forces, leading them on combat missions in Cambodia. Upon his return to the US he served as commander of a High Altitude Low Opening Special Atomic Demolition Munition paratroop unit with the 5th Special Forces Group. Bowra was posted back to Cambodia in 1974 with the Military Equipment Delivery Team Cambodia and remained in the country until the April 1975 collapse of the Khmer Republic.

Special operations Bowra spent the next eight years on various assignments with the Central Intelligence Agency from 1977 to 1978, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado and the 2nd battalion of the 75th Ranger Infantry Regiment (Airborne) at Fort Lewis in Washington. In 1983 Bowra volunteered for and completed a specialized selection course for assignment to Delta Force and remained with the unit for five years, participating in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada.

The most recent U.S. State Department listing of key officials in foreign posts does not show Bowra in any post in Saudi Arabia.

Awards and decorations John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Combat Service Identification Badge60px? Overseas Service Bars