Cadre

Battalion S-3

CPT Dan Curran

CPT Dan Curran is from Richmond, Virginia and is a product James Madison University from which he earned in May of 2005 a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and commissioned as an Air Defense Artillery (AD) Second Lieutenant.  CPT Curran currently serves as an Associate Professor of Military Science and Battalion Operations Officer for the Mountain Ranger Battalion at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Upon completion of the Air Defense Artillery Officer Basic Course in October 2005, CPT Curran was assigned to 2-1 AD BN, 35th BDE in Gwangju, Republic of Korea.  While here he served as the Battalion Logistics Officer, Launcher Platoon Leader, and Patriot Missile Engagement Control Officer.  From Korea, CPT Curran PCSed to the Space Missile Defense Command in Colorado Springs where he saw time as an Assistant Brigade Operations Officer, Aide de Camp to the Deputy Commanding General of USASMDC/ARSTRAT, and HHC USASMDC/ARSTRAT Executive Officer/Forward Commander. 
From Colorado CPT Curran deployed as part of a 12 man Border Transition Team to the Erbil Province of Iraq where he was embedded with 2nd BDE, Department of Border Enforcement to train and teach Iraqi soldiers how to better protect their borders with Iran and Turkey.
CPT Curran’s additional Army training includes Air Assault School and the Combat Advisors Course.  His awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism, Korea Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and the Overseas Service Ribbon (1 Oak Leaf Cluster).

Kim Hageman entered Active Duty in 2001.  She was commissioned through ROTC at Youngstown State University as an Ordnance Officer.  After commissioning, she went straight to Fort Lewis as the Commander of the APFT Committee for LDAC.  Following this assignment Hensel went to the Ordnance Officer Basic Course at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

Hageman has served as an Automotive / Armament Platoon Leader, Detachment Commander, and Battalion Adjutant at the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Fort Carson, CO.

Hageman’s awards and ribbons include the Army Commendation Medal (3rd award), Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon.

Hageman is currently serving as the Recruiting Operations Officer for southern Colorado.  She is happily married and a mother of two wonderful children.

Since his voluntary enlistment on 29 August 1977 in the United States Army Reserve, Mr. Pedro Celestino has served the Army and the nation with distinction in many leadership positions of increasing responsibility.  Most remarkable about Mr. Celestino is that he has held leadership positions in tactical organizations at every NCO rank and when he was not leading and training soldiers in operational units, he was leading and training NCOs at NCO Academies, training initial entry soldiers, or training cadets to be future leaders for the Army.  

In 1992, SFC Celestino was assigned to HHC, 3-21 IN where he assumed responsibility as Platoon Leader and Platoon Sergeant for the Anti-Armor Platoon.  He also served as the Anti-Armor Advisor for the Battalion Commander and as the HHC First Sergeant for two consecutive months.  1SG Celestino then served in B/2-54 IN, an initial entry training company which graduated over 2200 infantryman during his 20 months as 1SG.  

In 1997, Celestino was selected to serve as the Senior Military Science Instructor and Commandant of Cadets for the Army ROTC program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.   Currently, Celestino serves as the Training NCO and is the MS II instructor.

Mr. Celestino currently serves as a U.S. Government Contractor for Army ROTC Mountain Ranger Battalion
located in Southern Colorado.  His assigned duties encompass those of Training Officer and Instructor for the
Department of Military Science.

Mr. Molina  enlisted in active duty on May 1982 as a Armor Crewman and trained in M60A1/A3 and M1/M1A1/A2 series tank.  His duty assignments included 2-77 Armor in Ft. Lewis, WA in 1982; A Troop 4-7 Cavalry Camp Garry Owen, Korea in 1986; 2-77 Armor in Ft. Carson, CO in 1987; 2-72 Armor in Camp Casey, Korea in 1991; 3-68 Armor in Ft. Carson, CO in 1992; 2-63 Armor in Vilseck, Germany in 1995; 1-68 Armor in Ft. Carson, CO in 1998 and United States Military Academy in West Point, NY from 2001 to 2004.

His duty positions have consisted of the following: tank driver, loader, gunner and tank commander; section sergeant; battalion ammunitions NCO; OP Commander (Task Force Able Sentry in Macedonia); Platoon Sergeant; Assistant Operations NCO; Assistant Military Science Course Director (MS 300), Armor Branch Representative and Military Science Instructor.  He has qualified several "Distinguished" Tank Table Gunnery VIII and XII (Platoon Gunnery) while serving as a Platoon Sergeant.  He was inducted in the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club in 1993, he was also awarded the Order of Saint George (Bronze Medallion) in 2001.

Mr. Molina holds a Masters in Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, NY and a Bachelors of Science in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College in Albany, NY.

Mr. Molina currently serves as a U.S. Government Contractor for Army ROTC Mountain Ranger Battalion
located in Southern Colorado.  His assigned duties encompass those of Training Officer and Instructor for the
Department of Military Science.

Training NCO SFC Andrei J. Williamson E-mail: andrei.williamson@colostate-pueblo.edu

Sergeant First Class Andrei Williamson entered the U.S. Army on May 07, 1993, and attended Basic Training with Delta Company 1^st Battalion 33^rd Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) with Bravo Battery, 1^st Battalion 56^th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Sergeant First Class Williamson has served in numerous positions, his assignments include; Patriot Missile Crewmember Charlie Battery, 5^th Battalion, 7^th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Grossauheim, Germany 1993-1997; Launcher Assistant Section Chief , Charlie Battery, 3^rd Battalion, 2^nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas 1997-2001; Platoon Sergeant, Bravo Battery, 5^th Battalion, 7^th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Grossauheim, Germany 2001-2005; Platoon Sergeant, 1^st Battalion, 1^st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 94^th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Okinawa, Japan 2005-2009.

Sergeant First Class Williamson's awards and decorations include the following: Meritorious Service Medal 1OLC; Army Commendation Medal 2OLC; Joint Service Achievement Medal;  Army Achievement Medal 2OLC; Army Good Conduct Medal 5^th award; National Defense Service Medal 1 star; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Southwest Asia Service Medal with Bronze Star; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal;  Army NCO Development Ribbon Numeral 3; Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon 3; Wheel Drivers Badge.

Sergeant First Class Williamson has been involved in several deployments.  He served in Saudi Arabia in 1995 & 1997; Kuwait 1999; Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003. Sergeant First Class Williamson has attended numerous Army Schools and training programs including; PLDC; BNCOC; ANCOC; Battle Staff Course; Unit Movement Officer Course; Air Load Planners Course; USAF Airlift Course; EO Leaders Course, Safety Officer/NCO Course; Hazmat 11 Course; Defense Package Hazard Materials Course; Small Arms Maintenance Course