6th Military Police Group (CID)

Colonel Robert K. Burk
Commander, 6th Military Police Group (CID)

COL Kevin Burk is a native of Joppa, MD and was commissioned in the Military Police Corps through the ROTC at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD in May of 1987, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He has also earned a Master of Science in International Relations through Troy State University, Troy, AL and a Master of Strategic Studies through the US Army War College, Carlisle, PA.

COL Burk enlisted in the US Army Reserve as a Military Policeman in January 1983. Earning his commission in 1987, he was assigned as a Platoon Leader, and later as Company Commander, 61st MP Company, Hanau, Germany. Following that assignment he was deployed to Saudi Arabia and assigned as Platoon Leader, 92nd MP Company in direct support to the “Ready First” Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead) during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Following MP Advanced Course he was assigned to the 716th MP Battalion, Fort Riley, KS where he served as Battalion S-4 and later as Commander, 1st MP Company, 1st Infantry Division (Mech).

From 1996 through 1999, COL Burk served a functional area tour as a Civil Affairs Officer assigned to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC as a Tactical Support Team Leader. Upon returning to the MP Corps in 1999 he was assigned to the 21st Theater Support Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany as the Deputy Provost Marshal. Following CGSC he was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (Light), serving as the Executive Officer of the 25th MP Battalion, Schofield Barracks, HI.

In 2004 COL Burk was assigned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where he reactivated and commanded the 525th Military Police Battalion, Joint Task Force – Guantanamo. In 2006 he was assigned to US Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, CO where he served as a Command Center Crew Chief and later as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations. During this period he also served a six month tour as the Executive Officer to the Director of Combined and Joint Operations, Multinational Force – Iraq. COL Burk has just returned from a deployment to Afghanistan in support of the Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435, where he was the Reintegration Team Chief for the Theater Detention Facility in Parwan.

COL Burk’s military education includes the Airborne Course, Military Police Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Ranger Course, Pathfinder Course, Protective Services Course, Civil Affairs Officer Course, the Psychological Operations Officer Course, the Special Operations Language Course (German), and the Air Assault Course. He is a 2002 graduate of the Army Command and General Staff Officer Course, and a 2010 graduate of the Army War College.