CSM Daniel C. Hopkins
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 27D Paralegal Specialist.
CSM Hopkins’s previous positions and assignments include Command Sergeant Major, Headquarters Battalion, United States Army Garrison - Fort Belvoir, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; 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), 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, Carrie, have been married 18 years and have five children.