Kirk Lippold
Kirk Lippold | |
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Born | April 29, 1959 |
Allegiance | Navy Achievement Medal (two awards) |
Other work | Adjunct Professor in the United States Naval Academy (2021–present) President of Lippold Strategies, LLC (2012–present) Vice President for Military Policy and Strategic Development of Phillip Stutts & Company, Inc. (2012–2015) Motivation Speaker for the Keppler Speakers Bureau (2007–present) |
Kirk S. Lippold (born April 29, 1959
Education
Lippold is a 1981 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He received a Masters of Science in Systems Engineering (Joint Command, Control and Communications) from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, which he attended from 1987 to 1989. He graduated from United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1994 and from Joint Forces Staff College in 2001.[4]
Military
Before serving as commanding officer of USS Cole from 1999 to 2001, Lippold was executive officer on the cruiser USS Shiloh. He also served as the operations officer on the commissioning crew of the destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, the lead ship of the same destroyer class as Cole. He was division officer aboard the cruiser USS Yorktown and the tank landing ship USS Fairfax County. Following his departure from Cole, he received a series of desk positions at the Pentagon.[5] Working in the War on Terrorism Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy, Lippold "was instrumental" in the creation of detainee policy in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.[6]
A Navy promotion board had selected Lippold for promotion to
Lippold's final U.S. Navy assignment was to the
Civilian career
Lippold is a senior military fellow with Military Families United, an advocacy group opposed to the release of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.[6][10][11]
On June 22, 2009, The Washington Times published an op-ed by Lippold that was critical of the Barack Obama administration, for not showing enough sympathy to American victims of terror.[12] Lippold asserted that the families of the victims of terror should play a role in deciding which terror suspects should be tried, and in which kind of court they should be tried.
On February 4, 2010, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Lippold was considering a run for U.S. Senate in Nevada against Harry Reid.[13] He did not enter the race. Instead, he ran for the Republican nomination in the 2011 Nevada 2nd congressional district special election. He lost to Mark Amodei and declined to run as an Independent.[citation needed]
On December 12, 2012, Phillip Stutts & Company Inc., a political marketing organization, announced that Lippold was joining the firm as Senior Vice President for Military Policy and Strategic Development.[14]
On October 12, 2015, the fifteenth anniversary of the bombing of USS Cole, Lippold appeared on Your World Cavuto and repeated his call from 2009 for justice for the Cole victims.[15]
References
- ^ "You searched: Kirk S Lippold 19590429". Public Background Checks. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ^ CDR Kirk S Lippold, "USS Cole (DDG-67) Command History Report for FY1999", US Navy (accessed August 21, 2006)
- ^ CDR Kevin M Sweeney, "USS Cole (DDG-67) Command History Report for FY2001", US Navy (accessed August 21, 2006)
- ^ a b "Kirk Lippold – Leading Authorities speakers bureau biography". Leadingauthorities.com. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ^ The Virginian-Pilot. Former Cole commander to retire today. May 24, 2007.
- ^ a b Military Families United website: Commander Kirk S. Lippold, United States Navy (Ret.) Biography, accessed on February 24, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Cole Skipper Off Promotion List". Associated Press. August 22, 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ Dao, James (2001-05-04). "Senators Question Handling of Cole Case". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ Eisman, Dale (2007-05-24). "Former Cole commander to retire today". Virginia Pilot. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Zeleny, Jeff; Bumiller, Elisabeth (2009-02-06). "Suspects Will Face Justice, Obama Tells Families of Terrorism Victims". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-24. by Jeff Zeleny and Elisabeth Bumiller.
- ^ Rosenberg, Carol (2009-02-24). "Busy day at Guantánamo: Captive leaves; attorney general arrives". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ^ Kirk Lippold (2009-06-22). "Obama's invisible terror victims". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
- ^ Tetreault, Steve (2010-02-04). "Former commander of USS Cole considers run against Reid". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ "Former USS Cole commander to join public affairs firm as executive – Boehner staffer moves to Forbes-Tate – Coalition calls for appointment of new FEC commissioners – POLITICO Influence". Politico.Com. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ^ Lippold, Kirk; Cavuto, Neil (2015-10-12). "Kirk Lippold: Still no justice for USS Cole victims". Your World Cavuto. FoxNews.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
External links
- Official website of USS Cole Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
- navsource.org: USS Cole
- Official Department of Defense FOIA files on the USS Cole [1] [2] [3]
- Appearances on C-SPAN