MAJOR GENERAL KEVIN VEREEN U.S. Army's New “Top Cop” is a Brother in the Bond
By Dr. Samuel Odom
and the 14 th commander of CID since it was first established as a major command on Sept. 17, 1971. Vereen relieved Major General David P. Glaser, who served in the position since May 2017. Major General David P. Glaser will be assuming duties as the Deputy Command- ing General at U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In his new position, Brother Vereen, a 1996 initiate of the Fayetteville-Fort Bragg-Pope AFB Alumni Chapter is the principal Army Staff officer responsible for developing and executing policing for the Army and serves as the principal military advisor, on all policing matters, to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army. He oversees law enforcement, criminal investigations, crimi- nal intelligence fusion, corrections, physical security, high-personnel security, antiterrorism and detention operations, and forensics and biometrics, and his office also coordinates the Army’s policing function with the Department of Defense, other federal, state, local, and international law enforcement agencies. in International Relations from Troy State University and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He has served at every level including command- ing at the Company, Battalion and Brigade levels, before becoming the 48 th Chief and Commandant of the Military Police Corps Regiment. Prior to his current position, Vereen was the Deputy Commanding General for the U.S. Army Recruiting Command in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Brother Vereen is a 1988 graduate of Campbell University (NC) and holds Master’s Degrees
U.S. Army Major General Kevin Vereen recently assumed Command of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and became the Army's 17 th Provost Marshal General. Brother Vereen is the first African American to serve in the position. H istory was made recently as Brother Major General Kevin Vereen assumed Command of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and took the oath of office from the Army’s Vice Chief of Staff mak- ing Vereen the Army’s 17 th Provost Marshal General (PMG). Not only is the Fayetteville, North Carolina native a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, he is also the first African American to serve as the Army’s top law enforcement professional.
Vereen is the incoming 17 th Provost Marshal General, or PMG, to hold the position since it was established in September 1941
Prior to the Change of Command, Vereen was promoted to the rank of Major General during
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