User:Kmcdugle/Kevin McDugle

Kevin McDugle was the first republican elected to Oklahoma's House District 12. He was elected in November 2016 on the same ticket as President Donald Trump.

Kevin McDugle is a Marine and business entrepreneur who has built several companies and assisted in taking some of them public. Kevin grew up in Cleveland Oklahoma the son of Norman and Nova McDugle. Kevin owns Lawyer Marketing Services, Inc.[] with the dba's eXpect3 Marketing, Whitedress Moments and Weeder Britches. Kevin is the author of "Inside the Mind of a Marine Drill Instructor".

Kevin joined the Marine Corps in 1988 and served for eight years in several capacities. His first duty station was Security Forces in Bangor, WA where he learned anti-terrorism training, nuclear weapon security and Close Quarters Combat. Kevin became an instructor of the Warrior King Training and Orientation Platoon while at Bangor. While at Bangor he volunteered to cut his Christmas vacation from 30 days down to 2 days so that he could leave with an infantry battalion to fight in Saudi Arabia. Kevin was attached to the 1st Battalion 8th Marines as a mortar man and served 8 months in the Gulf War. Upon his return to Camp Lejeune, NC he immediately received orders to return to Saudi Arabia to assist in training several foreign military units. Kevin returned from Saudi Arabia, after serving another 8 months in the region, to receive orders to the Marine Special Forces Unit ANGLICO. is an elite Airborne Forward Observer unit that supports the Army Rangers, Navy Seals and foreign allies special forces units around the world. Kevin served with ANGLICO in Somalia and Bosnia. Kevin's last 2 years in the Marine Corps he served as a [|Drill Instructor] at Parris Island, SC for 1st Battalion Charlie Company.

After completing his military tour of duty Kevin finished his bachelor degree with Southern Nazarene University and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Kevin started his first business after the Marine Corps called McDugle's Physical Fitness Boot Camp in Stillwater, OK. After working several years with software development companies, personnel staffing companies and consulting companies he was recruited as the Director of Sales for International Police Technologies in Tulsa, OK. As the Director of sales Kevin developed sales channels and marketing strategies to move IPT's digital video systems into police agencies around the country. As the companies reputation was being built Kevin was approached by ICOP Digital in Lenexa, KS to build a company from the ground up. Kevin's role was the Director of Sales and he implemented sales territories, manufacturing representative sales channels, officer sales channels and international sales channels. Once the company went public Kevin became the Director of Military Sales concentrating on building sales channels through the Pentagon.