Kevin W. Bauer

Kevin W. Bauer assumed his current assignment as the Director of Diplomatic Security’s Training Center in September, 2011.  He joined the Foreign Service in 1984 as a DS Special Agent and after completing extensive training, was assigned as an Assistant Regional Security Officer in Beirut, Lebanon.  Following Beirut, Mr. Bauer established a new Regional Security Office (RSO) in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil which was followed by a challenging assignment in Communist Bulgaria.  Hard-won experience in Bulgaria led to an assignment as Chief of Counter Intelligence for North America and Western Europe which was followed by a tour in Dignitary Protection.  This assignment entailed managing and leading protective missions for such high profile personalities as Yasser Arafat, Princess Diana, and the Queens of Thailand, Jordan, Sweden and Spain.   After extensive language training, Mr. Bauer was assigned as the senior RSO Tunisia, which was followed by similar assignments in Bahrain, France and Belgium.  From 2009 to 2011 he was the DS Regional Director for Contingency Operations, which included all State Department security operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Mr. Bauer is a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service and holds the rank of Counselor.   He also served in the United States Marine Corps from 1975 to 1980, is married and has two children.