LTC Mark Thompson   

Email: mthomps9@uccs.edu

Battalion Executive Officer

CPT Dan Curran 

Email: dcurran@uccs.edu

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).

Assistant Professor of Military Science

MR. JESSE DEWITT 

Email: jesse.dewitt@colostate-pueblo.edu

Commandant of Cadets

MSG HAROLD W. DRAGER  

Email: hdrager@uccs.edu

  Master Sergeant Harold Drager entered the U.S. Army in August 1991 and attended Basic Training (One Station Unit Training) with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Master Sergeant Drager has served in several duty locations to include; 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment (M), Fort Carson, CO; 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, WA; 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, WA; 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (AASLT), Camp Casey, Korea; 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, TX; 2nd Battalion, 357th Infantry Regiment (AC/RC), Fort Lewis, WA; 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, Fort Carson, CO.

Master Sergeant Drager’s duty positions include; Heavy Mortar Platoon Driver, Assistant Gunner, Gunner, Squad Leader, Fire Direction Center Check and Chief Computer, Section Leader, Platoon Sergeant and Platoon Leader; Light Infantry Mortar Squad Leader, Section Leader and Headquarters Platoon Sergeant; Senior Observer/Controller-Trainer, Battalion S1 and Battalion S2; Military Transition Team First Sergeant, Light Infantry Company First Sergeant and Headquarters and Headquarters Company First Sergeant. MSG Drager is currently serving as the Senior Military Instructor for the Mountain Ranger Battalion.

Master Sergeant Drager has deployed several times including; Operation Enduring Freedom (Kuwait), Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (1OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (1OLC), Expert Infantrymen’s badge and Combat Infantrymen’s badge.

Master Sergeant Drager has attended numerous Army schools and training programs to include; Warrior Leaders Course, Advanced Leaders Course, Senior Leaders Course and the Infantry Mortar Leaders Course.

Enrollment and Scholarship Officer

Training Officer

MR. PEDRO CELESTINO 

Email: pcelesti@uccs.edu

  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.

Training Officer

MR. GENER MOLINA    

Email: gener.molina@colostate-pueblo.edu

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 Homeland Security from Colorado Technical University, 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 WILLIAMSON    

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