Brig (Rtd) V Loonena Naisho joined the Kenya Navy as an Officer Cadet in March 1983, after his ‘A’ level education in Kenya. On completion of the basic Military Course in Kenya, he was enrolled to the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) – UK for a one year course on Basic Seamanship in the rank of a Midshipman. In November 1984 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. Over his 30 years plus career span, he has attended courses in India, UK, USA and Kenya encompassing Navigation (Long Navigation and Direction- India), Maritime Warfare (School of Maritime Operations-UK), Intelligence, Defence Diplomacy (Cranefield University-UK), Staff Course at operational and strategic levels, Regional Senior Mission Leadership Course in Peace Operations (DSC, IPSTC- Kenya), Executive Decision Making (National Defence University- Monterey USA) and other diverse Naval/Military Courses. He is a graduate of the National Defence College class of 2007. He has held several sea appointments onboard Kenya Navy Ships (KNS) including as Commanding Officer onboard an Offshore Patrol Vessel KNS SHUJAA. He equally commanded the Kenya Navy Maritime Surveillance Unit from 1995 to 1996. He served as Defence Attaché to Kenya in Pretoria-South Africa from 2003-2006. He had a stint in Peace Keeping Operations in Former Republic of Yugoslavia and as Senior Military Liaison Officer in Unity State under United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). He was the Chief of Operations in the Kenya Navy from 2014 to 2015 and assumed command of Kenya Naval Base Mtongwe. A position he held upto August 2018 when he took over as the Managing Director of the Defence Forces Medical Insurance Scheme. He is currently the Director General of the Kenya Coast Guard Service.