Rear Admiral Kenneth M. Perry

Rear Adm. Perry assumed his current duties in September 2011.� As vice commander, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, his duties include Naval Component commander for Mine Warfare responsible for operational control of air, surface, and underwater mine countermeasures forces.

Perry grew up in Navy homeports and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He studied business at Duke University, security strategy at the National War College, and government policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

A career submarine officer, Perry has conducted special missions on board the fast attack submarines USS Spadefish (SSN 668) and USS Indianapolis (SSN 697 ), and strategic deterrent patrols on board the ballistic missile submarines USS Nebraska (SSBN 739)and USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735). He has deployed to every combatant commander theater of operations.

Perry commanded the strategic missile submarine Pennsylvania and later Submarine Development Squadron 12. He has served at fleet, joint, and allied headquarters in Washington and overseas, and afloat on the staff of Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. His shore assignments include fleet submarine operations officer at U.S. Naval Forces Europe in London; special assistant to Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe in Naples; Navy branch chief in Reconnaissance Operations Division on the Joint Staff; executive assistant to the chief of naval operations; and executive assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe in Belgium.