Prior to his election to Congress in 2002, Kline was a 25-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of Colonel. Kline served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, commanded all Marine aviation forces in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, and served as the Program Development Officer at Headquarters Marine Corps, where he was responsible for the Program Objective Memorandum – the document used by the U.S. Armed Services to submit budgetary and planning proposals. | Prior to his election to Congress in 2002, Kline was a 25-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He retired from the Marine Corps with the rank of Colonel. Kline served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, commanded all Marine aviation forces in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, and served as the Program Development Officer at Headquarters Marine Corps, where he was responsible for the Program Objective Memorandum – the document used by the U.S. Armed Services to submit budgetary and planning proposals. |