Six-Time Soldier of the Year

Ken Weichert is not only a Special Agent for the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion and Master Fitness Trainer for the ARMY, he is also formally trained in performing arts. Ken is a 1985 graduate of Player’s Workshop of Second City (improvisation study and performance school) in Chicago, Illinois. Other graduates of Second City include Jim and John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray. He has performed the lead role in over 150 theatrical productions and starred in his first feature film, Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2 in 1987. Ken taught Advanced Acting as well as other theater courses at the University of Southwestern Louisiana between the years of 1992 and 1996.

Over the course of his seventeen-year career with the military, Ken has advanced from Private to Staff Sergeant. He has assumed the role of Intelligence Assistant, Squad Leader and Counter-Intelligence Agent. He has also placed six- times in the annual ARMY Soldier of the Year contest. Ken is a veteran of Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom.

After fracturing his back his senior year of high school, physical fitness and total body wellness became very import to Ken. He used military exercises to restore his back strength and walk again after being partially paralyzed for four weeks. Ken Weichert joined the United States Army in 1988. In 1993, Ken became certified as a Master Fitness Trainer. In 1999, Ken combined his theater and military experience with his background in physical fitness program for civilians.

Since the conception of START Fitness™ Ken has been featured as an expert in fitness on the History Channel’s, Tactical to Practical and telling his story from the front lines in Iraq on Nightline with Ted Koppel. (Please see ‘Media’ for additional media coverage)

His military schools and accomplishments include:

• Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense School
• Combat Lifesaving Course
• Northern Warfare School
• Professional Leadership Development
• Operation Desert Storm Veteran
• Ranger Challenge Team Captain
• Retention and Recruiting Course
• Counter-Intelligence Special Agent Course
• Basic Non Commissioned Officers Course
• Top Secret Clearance
• 6-Time ARMY Soldier of the Year
• Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran
• Code Breaking School
• Recruiting and Career Counselor Course

Recent Awards:

• Letter of Commendation from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Military Cross from the California State National Guard Commander
• Life Saving Medal from the California Highway Patrol