Flagler County Veteran of the Week: Scott K. Nieminen

Nieminen drove ammunition trucks laden with 30,000 pounds of explosives to the front lines in Kuwait on missions nicknamed “Baghdad Express.”

By David Lydon, Flagler County Veterans Services Officer
| 10:00 a.m. May 16, 2024

Scott and Diane Nieminen, are owner operators of one of the area’s original real estate companies, Palm Coast Flagler Beach Realty, founded in 1982. Courtesy photo

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Branch of Military: U.S. Marine Corps
Dates of Service: 1985-1992
Rank / Occupation: Corporal / Rifleman, Transportation Specialist
Hometown: Palm Coast

Scott Niemenen is a combat veteran of Operation: Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Courtesy photo

Scott Nieminen was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, but grew up in Flagler County. While in high school he worked as a lifeguard at Flagler Beach. Nieminen followed in his father’s footsteps into the real estate business at the age of 18 and became a sales associate.

That same year he enlisted in the Marine Corps reserve and went to boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina. He is a combat veteran of Operation: Desert Shield / Desert Storm and was deployed to Southwest Asia in 1990-1991.

Nieminen drove ammunition trucks laden with 30,000 pounds of explosives to the front lines in Kuwait on missions nicknamed “Baghdad Express”. He earned the National Defense Service Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Medal. Nieminen, still a real estate broker, and his wife Diane are owner operators of one of the area’s original real estate companies, Palm Coast Flagler Beach Realty, founded in 1982.

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