Patrick Curran

Mr. Patrick Curran currently serves as Chief of Staff, White Sands Missile Range. He previously served as the Deputy to the Eighth United States Army G3 Training and Exercise Director. Additionally, Mr. Curran has also served as the White Sands Missile Range Chief of Staff from 2021 to 2022.

Mr. Curran is a graduate of the University of Tampa, earning a degree in Political Science and receiving his commission in the Regular Army as an Ordnance Officer. 

Mr. Curran’s military assignments were as the Chief of Operations Group Sierra, Mission Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth Kansas; Chief of Staff and G3, 19th Expeditionary Support Command, Republic of Korea; and Chief of Plans and Readiness, the Joint Staff J4. His numerous assignments over the past three decades include, Fort Bliss, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the Joint Staff, Korea, Fort Hood, Fort Leavenworth and Fort Stewart. This includes three years of Combat deployments and a total of seven years overseas. 

His military education includes the Ordnance Officer Basic Course, the Combined Logistics Officer Advanced Course, the Combined Arms Staff Service School, the Naval Command and Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, the Joint and Combined Warfighting School and the Army War College. His education includes a BA in Political Science from the University of Tampa; a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College; Master’s in Military Arts and Sciences, from the School of Advanced Military Science; and a Master’s of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. 

His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit 2nd Award and the Bronze Star Medal 2nd Award. He is a member of the Order of Saint Barbara, the Order of Samuel Sharpe, and received the Brehon B. Somervell Medallion of Excellence. Mr. Curran is married to his wife Julie (Rocha) of El Paso, TX for 29 years. They have two children, Thomas (25), and Andrew (23).