Lt. Gen. (Retired) Kevin Vereen was born at Fort Bragg Army Base and grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The son of an Army Green Beret, General Vereen has two brothers – including his twin – who also served in the Army. He graduated from Reid Ross Senior High School in 1984.

After graduating from Campbell University in 1988, General Vereen commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer before completing the Field Artillery Basic Officer Course later that year. He served his first assignment as a Platoon Leader and Fire Direction Officer for the 18th Airborne Corps Artillery at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1990, he was assigned as the Battery Executive Officer for A Battery, 1/4th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division at Camp Pelham, Korea.

General Vereen became a Military Police Officer and, in 1991, he took his first military police assignment at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, where he served as the Security Platoon Leader and later the Operations Officer for the U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command. He attended the Military Police Officer Advanced Course at Fort McClellan, Alabama, graduating in 1993. Next, he served as Company Commander of the 984th Military Police Company and then the Operations Plans Officer for the 759th Military Police Battalion at Fort Carson, Colorado.

In 1995, General Vereen was back at Fort Bragg to attend the Protective Services Course and Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs Course at the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. After graduating in 1997, he served as Detachment Commander of Alpha Company, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) and then Company Commander of Charlie Company, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne). In 2000, he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

General Vereen returned to Korea in 2001 where he served as the Battalion Operations Officer and then Battalion Executive Officer of the 728th Military Police Battalion in Taegu. In 2003, he was reassigned to the United States Army Military Police School (USAMPS) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. During his time at Leonard Wood, General Vereen served as the Captain’s Career Course Branch Chief, the Chief of the Command and Tactics Division, the Chief of Quality Assurance for Military Police Training before taking command of the 701st Military Police Battalion.

In 2008, General Vereen was assigned as the Deputy Brigade Commander of the 42d Military Police Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington, where he deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He returned to Fort Leonard Wood in 2009 as the Director of Plans and Operations for USAMPS.

General Vereen attended the United States Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania from 2010 to 2011. Upon graduation, he was selected to serve as Brigade Commander of the 14th Military Police Brigade at Fort Leonard Wood for two years. Once again, the Army sent Lt. Gen. Vereen to Fort Bragg, where he served as Provost Marshal and then Executive Officer to the Commanding General for United States Army Forces Command.

In 2015, during his first assignment as a general officer, General Vereen became the 48th Chief of the United States Amy Military Police School and Commandant of the Military Police Corps Regiment at Fort Leonard Wood. From 2017 to 2019, he went to Fort Knox, Kentucky to serve as the Deputy Commanding General-Operations, United States Army Recruiting Command.

After earning his second star, then-Maj. Gen. Vereen transferred to the Pentagon in 2019 to serve as the Provost Marshal General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. In those roles he served as the principal military advisor on policing matters and as the Department of the Army’s independent criminal investigative authority reporting directly to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army.

In 2020, General Vereen served a second stint at Fort Knox, this time as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. During this assignment, he guided the Army through some of its most difficult recruiting years - leading efforts through the height of the pandemic and social distancing.

In his culminating assignment, Lt. Gen. Vereen was promoted to his third star and appointed as the Headquarters Department of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9.

As the DCS, G-9, General Vereen was the primary advisor to Army Senior Leadership on military installation services, infrastructure, investment requirements and environmental management and stewardship. He was also responsible for and provided guidance on funding, both appropriated and non-appropriated, for executing the Army’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation program.

General Vereen’s military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; the Legion of Merit with three Oak Leaf Clusters; Bronze Star Medal; Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster; National Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism Medal; Iraqi Campaign Medal; Korean Defense Service Medal; and Humanitarian Service Medal. In addition to earning the Army Staff Identification Badge, Lt. Gen. Vereen is Airborne and Air Assault qualified.

General Vereen is a lifetime member of the Military Officers Association of America, the Military Police Regimental Association, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.

General Vereen and his wife Monica Coachman Vereen founded The Real Team Vereen, LLC, which focuses on executive leadership development and provides organizations guidance related to physical and personal security matters, as well as policing and corrections. The couple also set up General Lee Speaking, LLC, with emphasis on media engagement, keynote speaking, brand development, and digital content. Their four adult children and four grandchildren are the lights of their lives.

In addition to spending time with their grandchildren, Lt. Gen. Vereen plays nearly every sport, but golf is his favorite. He and Monica also enjoy traveling with friends to tropical destinations, trying out new recipes, reading the same books and comparing notes, and they've recently begun line dancing!

After retirement, the couple returned to their hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina.