Keaton K.

Keaton was born in Park Ridge, Illinois and was raised in Marengo Illinois, a small town about 60 miles west of Chicago. Keaton has always been active, participating in a plethora of activities throughout his childhood and early adulthood to include football, basketball, baseball, marching band, and martial arts. Upon graduating high school in 2017, Keaton was a full time student at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater for three semesters before ultimately enlisting active duty in the US Army. Keaton honorably served for three years in the US Army from 2019- 2022 as a Patriot Launching Station Enhanced Operator/ Maintainer, was stationed at Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) and deployed to Saudi Arabia from 2020-2021 to conduct air defense operations as part of Operation Spartan Shield. Upon getting out of the active duty Army in 2022, Keaton remained in Texas and transferred to the Texas Army National Guard, where he spent a year on active duty orders as part of Operation Lone Star (2022-2023), serving the great state of Texas. Keaton still serves in the Texas National Guard, and is now currently a full time student at Texas A&M University Central Texas. At A&M, Keaton is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies with a triple minor in Political Science, Business Administration, & Military Science. Keaton also plans on pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration one day. Keaton is simultaneously part of Army ROTC, a program that trains and develops future US Army officers. Upon completion of his undergraduate studies and ROTC, Keaton will become a US Army officer and will either be reassigned to active duty or remain in the Army National Guard. In his free time, Keaton can be seen working out, playing video games, nerding out on history and current geo-politics YouTube videos, exploring his passion for cars, avidly supporting all Chicago sports, and hanging out with his wife, newborn son Antonio, and four cats. Keaton prides himself with the opportunity to serve others, the great state of Texas, & ultimately the nation.