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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 2, 2021) – Instead of designing paving plans for Middle Tennessee municipalities, Neel-Schaffer Engineer Intern Kenny Fields will soon be leading a road-building crew in Kuwait for the United States Army.<\/p>\n

Fields, a 1st<\/sup> Lieutenant with the 702nd<\/sup> Engineer Construction Company based in Johnson City, Tennessee, leaves September 13 for training at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. In October he will deploy to Kuwait for a nine-month mission, where he will serve as a platoon leader for road improvement projects. 1st<\/sup> Lt. Fields will supervise a crew of 25-30 heavy equipment operators who will shape, mold, and build dirt and gravel access roads.<\/p>\n

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Kenny joined Neel-Schaffer in 2016 and commissioned in the Army Reserves in 2019. This will be his first deployment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am extremely excited to be doing this,\u201d said Kenny, who is based in Neel-Schaffer\u2019s Nashville office. \u201cI signed up to defend our country, and I am proud to get this chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Military service runs in Kenny\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg<\/a>, the first female Surgeon General for the United States Air Force, is his aunt. She recently retired after 36 years of service.<\/p>\n

And his sister, Hannah Fields, enlisted in the Air Force at age 18 and is now an E-4 Senior Airmen who serves as an Aircraft Load Master.<\/p>\n

Kenny said he was interested in enlisting while in high school but becoming an engineer appealed to him more, so he chose college instead of the Army. He served as a summer intern for Neel-Schaffer in 2015 before earning a Civil Engineering degree in 2016 at Tennessee Technological University.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when my sister joined at age 18, I thought the least I could do was join the Reserves, so that\u2019s what I did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The last three years have been a whirlwind for Kenny, mixing multiple training missions with his full-time job at Neel-Schaffer, where he provides engineering support for a variety of disciplines and clients.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s ready for his first deployment.<\/p>\n

\u201cKenny is an inspiration to us for what he does for Neel-Schaffer and especially for what he does for our country,\u201d said Joey Hudnall, PE, Neel-Schaffer\u2019s Chief Operations Officer. \u201cWe cannot thank him enough for his service and we support him fully. We\u2019ll keep him in our thoughts and prayers while he\u2019s deployed and look forward to the day he comes back to work with us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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