Kenneth L. Penttila

Brigadier General Kenneth L. Penttila was commissioned an Ordnance Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-72, 20 January 1972. His first duty assignment was as a Project Engineering Officer, Modernization and Technology Directorate, Ammunition Procurement Supply Agency, Joliet, Illinois. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Service Evacuation Platoon Leader, and later served as the Shop Officer, 322nd Motor Transport Company (Direct Support), United States Army Reserve, New Brighton, Minnesota; Commander 353rd Transportation Company (Light to Medium Truck), United States Army Reserve, Buffalo, Minnesota; S-1/Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, and later served as the S-2/3, Executive Officer, and Commander, 457th Transportation Battalion (Motor Truck), United States Army Reserve, Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Commander, 334th Movement Control Center, United States Army Reserve, Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Assistant Chief of Staff, Transportation, 3rd Corps Support Command, United States Army Reserve, Des Moines, Iowa; Deputy Commander Operations, 21st Theater Army Area Command (Forward), Kapsovar, Hungary; Commander, 19th Materials Management Center, United States Army Reserve, New Brighton, Minnesota; Deputy Director, Operations and Logistics (J-3/J-4), United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.