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The Army Engineer Association on behalf of the Engineer Regiment awards the medal to honor individuals who provided significant contributions to Army engineering. There are four levels of the de Fleury: Steel, Bronze, Silver and Gold. According to the Engineer Association, the Engineer Regiment adopted the de Fleury Medal as an award because of the values demonstrated by the man for whom it was struck-French Engineer Francois Louis Tesseidre de Fleury, who in 1777 volunteered to serve the American Army in its fight for independence from Britain.
King was presented with the medal in recognition for his inspirational leadership to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
According to the citation signed by Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, chief of engineers, King was officially recognized for exceptional professionalism over fifteen years of uniformed service culminating as the deputy resident engineer for the Fort Irwin Resident Office, Los Angeles District U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Among King’s many commendable achievements, he provided leadership and technical expertise to a multi-disciplinary team, delivering sustainable infrastructure to the home of the National Training Center. King has successfully led engineer soldiers in Fort Lewis, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Germany
King enlisted into the Army in 1990 as a carpentry and masonry specialist and after several denials to attend the Army Airborne School, he used his GI Bill and attended the University of Nebraska.
“Before I even joined the Army, while still in high school, I had aspirations of going to college,” said King. “The commissioning came while in college when ROTC offered to send me to Airborne school.”
In October 2004, King was commissioned in the Army as an Engineer Officer.
“I’ve known Capt. King for many years of his service to the nation as he was my driver when I was a captain company commander,” said Toy during the medal presentation ceremony. “I also had the opportunity to witness his leadership strengths and abilities when he served as my Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander when I was the commander of the 40th Engineer Battalion.”
King’s spouse, Chrisy was also presented the association’s Essayons Award in recognition of her outstanding dedication, devotion and selfless service to the Engineer Regiment.
After retiring, King along with his family will continue his career with USACE as a project manager for the Fort Irwin water treatment plant project.
| Date Taken: | 03.25.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 03.25.2016 18:55 |
| Story ID: | 193569 |
| Location: | FORT IRWIN, CA, US |
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