Command Team

Lieutenant Colonel Julie Austin was born and raised in Fuquay- Varina North Carolina. She joined ROTC as a Cadet at The Citadel. She commissioned from The Citadel and graduated with a degree in sports management in 2006. Her military education includes the Military Police Officer Basic and Captain’s Career Courses, Airborne School, Jumpmaster Course, Pathfinder Course, Antiterrorism Officer Advanced Course, Foundation Instructor Facilitator Course, Conventional Physical Security, Crime Prevention Course, How the Army Runs, and the Naval War College. 

Upon completion of the Officer Basic Course, LTC Austin’s first assignment was at Fort Campbell, KY with the 194^th Military Police Company, 716^th Military Police Battalion from 2006-2011 as a Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer. She deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Upon redeployment, she was assigned as the Battalion Training Officer, 716^th Military Police Battalion.  In 2011, she attended the Military Police Captain’s Career Course while attending the career course she also earned a Master of Arts in Organizational Security Management from Webster University.

Upon completion, she was assigned to 16^th Military Police Brigade, Fort Liberty NC as the Brigade Operations Officer.  She assumed command of the 65^th Military Police Company from 2012-2014 where her unit won the FORSCOM Eagle Award as the best Military Police Company in FORSCOM. After Company Command, LTC Austin was selected as a small group leader for the Military Police Captain’s Career Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. In 2016, LTC Austin attended the Naval War College in Newport, RI earning a Master of Arts in Defense and Strategic Studies.

In 2017, LTC Austin was assigned as the Battalion Operations Officer (S3) and later the Executive Officer (XO) for 716^th Military Police Battalion on Fort Campbell, KY. Upon completion of her MAJ KD assignments, she attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City and earned a Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Criminology. She was then assigned to the Pentagon in the Office of the Provost Marshall General where she served as the Executive officer to the PMG. Following that assignment, she was assigned to HQDA G 3/5/7 Force Management Division (G37) as the Military Police Organizational Integrator.

LTC Austin’s awards and decorations include Bronze Star, Army Meritorious Service Medal (4OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2OLC), Army Achievement Medal (2OLC), National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (2 Campaign stars), the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon (Numeral 2), the Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, the Pathfinder Badge and Army Staff Identification Badge. 

LTC Austin is married to Katie Austin, and they have two children Skylee (8) and Atlas (12 months).  

CSM Daniel C. Hopkins

Command Sergeant Major, Headquarters Battalion

Command Sergeant Major Daniel C. Hopkins was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Northwest High School in 2002.  CSM Hopkins entered the military in March 2001 attending Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina where he was awarded the MOS 71D Legal Specialist which later became 27D Paralegal Specialist.

Command Sergeant Major Hopkins’s previous positions and assignments include Command Paralegal, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Command Paralegal, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief Paralegal, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Fort Knox, Kentucky; Senior Small Group Leader, Small Group Leader, and Operations NCO, NCO Academy, The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia; Senior Paralegal, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia; Senior Paralegal, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion Paralegal NCOIC, Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia; Battalion Paralegal NCO, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Military Justice NCO, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado; and Paralegal Specialist, 34th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Indiana National Guard, Indianapolis, Indiana. Sergeant Major Hopkins has deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, and Jordan.

Command Sergeant Major Hopkins’s military and civilian education include:  Basic Leader Course, Advanced Leader Course, Senior Leader Course, United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 71 (Always Forward), Garrison Pre-Command Course Ranger School, Airborne School, Jumpmaster Course, Air Assault Course, Master Resilience Training, Master Fitness Training, Basic Instructor Course, Intermediate Facilitator Course, Total Army Instructor Course, Level I and II Modern Army Combatives, Associates Degree in Political Science from Troy University, Bachelors of Science in Political Science and Military Studies from Troy University.

Command Sergeant Major Hopkins’s awards and decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal (7th Award), Joint Commendation Medal (2d Award), Army Commendation Medal (5th Award), Joint Service Achievement Medal (2d Award), Army Good Conduct Medal (6th Award) Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (2 Bronze Stars), Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2 Bronze Stars), Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon (Numeral 5), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbons (Numeral 5), ISAF NATO Medal, Drivers Badge, Master Parachutist Wings, Ranger Tab, Air Assault Wings, Australian Jump Wings, Botswana Jump Wings, Canadian Jump Wings, and German Jumps Wings.

Command Sergeant Major Hopkins and his wife of 18 years, Carrie, have five children.