Welcome to U.S. Army Garrison-Miami!

Denise Davis gains acuity in the workings of Department of Defense and Department of the Army by applying her experience as a Soldier, family member, sole parent, non-appropriated fund employee and a career civil servant. In addition to assignments in Texas, Washington D.C. and Virginia, she has had the good fortune to serve in the Republic of South Korea, the Republic of Panama, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Belgium. She is a life-long student of base operations that remains challenged by the complexities on how best to govern installations efficiently, meet National Security requirements, and fulfill the needs of Soldiers and families. Key assignments that expanded her understanding and expertise are:

• Senior Installation Support Specialist, Atlantic-Region, U.S. Army InstallationManagement Command, Virginia/Texas/Alabama, where she had success at solving Senior Commander and Garrison Command concerns at various FORSCOM, TRADOC. Military District of Washington installations and Joint Bases.

• Program Analyst, G5, Headquarters, U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Virginia, where she gained insight into the systems of record and processes used by Senior Executives to make decisions.

• Program Manager, Washington D.C., Navy Yard where she was the lead staff officer in conjoining Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.

• Deputy Garrison Commander, Brussels, Belgium where she lead a 100-person staff to meet the discerning needs of senior-level Department of Defense and Department of State personnel fulfilling the NATO diplomatic and military elements of National Security.

• Area Support Team Manager, Babenhausen, Germany -- which Denise considers her most meaningful assignment to date. In 2003, all units housed on the installation deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In addition to meeting deployment and redeployment installation responsibilities, Denise creatively worked to maintain a sense of community and high morale for 1,500 Family Members during that tumultuous time.

• European Stars and Stripes, where she lead the administration, logistics and installation interests of the headquarters in Grieshiem, Germany and its ten satellite locations throughout the European Theater of Operation

Denise is a graduate of the Master program on Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, and holds a Masters of Public Administration, and a Graduate Certificate in Project Management.

Other key education endeavors include fiscal law, contracting, safety, EEO, emergency services, planning, programming and budgeting.

Denise has earned multiple honorary awards. Her most meaningful, however, remains her induction in the Field Artillery’s Order of Saint Barbara.

She has one miraculous daughter, Kacy Jane, and a charming son-in-law, Mike, who reside in Oregon.

Mr. Larry Kilgore assumed the position of Deputy Garrison Manager of United States Army Garrison-Miami (USAG-Miami) on March 7, 2016.

Mr. Larry Kilgore served in the US Army for 29 years and retired at the rank of Command Sergeant Major (E9) in 2003. Among his many accomplishments he had the Honor of becoming the first Command Sergeant Major of the reactivated 173rd Airborne Brigade. Mr. Kilgore started his civil service career in Vicenza as Plans Specialist in 2003. In 2004 he was promoted to the position of Force Protection Program Manager and held the position for 4 years. In 2008 he was promoted to the position of Chief of Plans and Operations for the Directorate of Planning, Training, Mobilization and Security of United States Army Garrison Vicenza, and he became the Director of USAG-V, DPTMS in 2009. Mr. Kilgore deployed to Iraq in 2011 where he served as Deputy Mayor Installation Manager of a DoD installation, with the mission of providing support to Iraqi Naval and Marine forces under the purview of OSC-I. Mr. Kilgore served as the Deputy Garrison Manager of Camp Darby, Italy (Livorno). After this assignment he was selected as the Deputy Garrison Commander for Shindand and Bagram Airbases in Afghanistan. Upon redeployment Mr. Kilgore was selected for his current duty assignment as the Deputy Garrison Manager for USAG-Miami.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Management, University of Maryland, Overseas Campus 

ASSIGNMENTS

December 2003 - March 2004, GS11, Plans Specialist, Vicenza, Italy
March 2004 - March 2008, GS12, Force Protection Program Manager, Vicenza, Italy
April 2008 - March 2009, GS13, Chief Plans and Operations, Vicenza, Italy
April 2009 - March 2011, GS14, DPTMS, Vicenza, Italy
2012, GS14, Installation Manager, Umm Qasr, Iraq
2012-2014, Deputy Garrison Manager, Camp Darby Italy
2014-2015, Deputy Garrison Commander, Shindand/Bagram Afghanistan