Command Sgt. Major Daniel C. Hopkins

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 27D Paralegal Specialist.
CSM Hopkins’s has been assigned as:
Command Sergeant Major, Headquarters Battalion, United States Army Garrison 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 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; Battalion Paralegal NCOIC, Special Troops Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning; Battalion Paralegal NCO, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, Fort Bragg; Military Justice NCO, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado; and Paralegal Specialist, 34th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Indiana National Guard, Indianapolis. CSM Hopkins has multiple deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, and Jordan.
CSM Hopkins’s military and civilian education includes the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 71, Ranger School, Airborne School, Jumpmaster Course, Air Assault 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: Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (8th Award), Joint Commendation Medal (2d Award), Army Commendation Medal (5th Award), Joint Service Achievement Medal (2d Award), ISAF NATO Medal, Drivers Badge, Master Parachutist Wings, Ranger Tab, Air Assault Wings, Thai Jump Wings, Australian Jump Wings, Botswana Jump Wings, Canadian Jump Wings, Thai Jump Wings, and German Jumps Wings.
Command Sergeant Major Hopkins ais married and has five children.