CPT Vincent N. Kaple

CPT Vincent N. Kaple is from Mansfield, Ohio and commissioned from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2015. He attended the Air Defense Artillery Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 2015 before moving to Fort Hood, Texas. In 2016, he deployed with HHB/1-62 ADA BN to Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar as an executive officer. In 2017, he supported OPERATION JUNIPER COBRA in Israel before deploying to Camp Buehring, Kuwait as a Platoon Leader with D/1-62 ADA BN. In 2018, CPT Kaple assumed command of C/1-62 AD ABN while deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. In 2019, he served as the 1-62 ADA BN Assistant Operations Officer. In 2020, he moved to Fort Benning, Georgia and graduated from the Maneuver Captain’s Career Course. In 2021, he moved to Ansbach, Germany to serve as the Operations Officer in 5-4 ADAR. In 2023, CPT Kaple assumed command of B/5-4 ADAR during which the battery supported OPERATION TRIDENT RESOLVE training Ukrainian Soldiers and deployed in support of OPERATION EUEOPEAN ASSURE DETER AND REINFORCE to protect NATO’s eastern flank during which B/5-4 ADAR won the 2023 Knox Award being recognized as the best active-duty air defense unit in the Army. In 2024, he moved to West Point, New York to serve as the Air Defense Artillery Branch Representative for the Office of the Chief of Air Defense Artillery.