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USAMU Commander
Lieutenant
Colonel Daniel C. Hodne Lieutenant Colonel Daniel C. Hodne earned his commission as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1991. He holds a Master of Arts Degree from Louisiana State University. He is also a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College and the Joint Combined Warfighting School. In his first assignment, LTC Hodne served as a Bradley Platoon Leader, Support Platoon Leader, and HHC Executive Officer with 5th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana. After completion of Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course, and the Special Forces Qualification Course, he served two tours with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), commanding a Special Forces Operational Detachment (SFODA) and two Companies. His operational experience included many deployments with Special Forces throughout the CENTCOM AOR and two combat tours in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In between assignments with the 5th SFG(A), he coached, taught, and mentored SFODAs as an Observer/Controller with the Special Operations Training Detachment, Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk. He also led a SOF Plans team for JRTC Plans and Exercise Maneuver Control. He was assigned to the US Army Marksmanship Unit after serving on the Joint Staff as an Action Officer in the Joint Staff J7 Directorate and J37 Deputy Directorate for Special Operations and Counterterrorism. He also was a Strategist on the personal staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. LTC Hodne’s Awards and Decorations include: Bronze Star Medal (1st Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (1st Oak Leaf Cluster), and Army Commendation Medal (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster). He has also earned the Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman Badge and Expert Infantryman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge. He has foreign parachutist badges from Australia, Bahrain, Egypt, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain. |
