• FORT LEE

Kevin Robinson, chief of the Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) Corporate Communications Division, retires on Sept. 30. 

Robinson held this position since August 2023. Prior to that, he was the agency’s Public Affairs specialist (Media Relations) in that division from 2006 to 2023, and in these two positions, he was the go-to person related to DeCA news and media events for the past 20 years. 

As Corporate Communications Division chief, Robinson led the agency’s public affairs and audio-visual functions that perform DeCA’s internal and external communications missions.  

These missions require daily production of electronic and traditional media products to inform commissary employees, customers and stakeholders about all aspects of the evolving commissary benefit.  

Jefferson Wolfe came on board as DeCA Media Relations specialist on May 26, effectively succeeding Robinson as the source for all DeCA media information. 

ROBINSON’S CAREER 

Robinson began his U.S. Army career as an enlisted service member assigned as a correspondent to the 1st AIT/OSUT Brigade, Armor at Fort Knox, Ky.  

He also served as a staff reporter for three years on the European Stars & Stripes newspaper, and later deployed for 10 months as part of a NATO staff covering Operation Joint Endeavor’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Croatia.  

Robinson ended his 21-year Army career as the enlisted chief of Army newspapers for the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs in the Pentagon.  

He is the recipient of the DeCA Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the DeCA Superior Civilian Service Award and numerous Department of Defense (DoD) and military service awards including the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal and Joint Service Achievement Medal.  

Robinson earned a Bachelor’s Degree, Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration on Professional Writing, at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va. 

Source: DeCA 

Edited by Larry Lapka