Command Sergeant Major

Command Sergeant Major Jason W. Skaggs hails from Dallas, Texas. He entered the Texas Army National Guard in March of 1993 and completed Basic Training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. He completed Medical Specialist Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Sam Houston, TX. He entered the U.S. Army in January of 1994 and completed TOW/Dragon Missile Electronics Repairman AIT at Redstone Arsenal, AL. 

His assignments include: HHC/112^th Armor, 49^th Armored Division (TXARNG); 426^th Forward Support Battalion,101^st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY; Forward Support Company, SETAF, Vicenza, Italy; 15^th Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), Fort Hood, TX; 96^th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg NC; Senior Healthcare NCO, 97^th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC; Platoon Sergeant and Clinic NCOIC, 629^th Medical Company (Area Support), Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea; Senior Medic and later First Sergeant, Joint Interagency Task Force-National Capital Region; Joint Special Operations Command, Arlington, VA; Installation Equal Opportunity Advisor, USARNORTH, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX; Chief Instructor/Writer, Department of Combat Medic Training, Medical Education and Training Campus, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX; Chief Instructor/Writer Department of Operational Medicine, Medical Center of Excellence, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX; Command Sergeant Major, 188^th Medical Battalion, 32d Medical Brigade, Medical Center of Excellence and most recently the G-3/5/7 Operations Sergeant Major, Medical Readiness Command, West. CSM Skaggs has deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan.  

CSM Skaggs’ military schools include: All levels of NCO Professional Development, Battalion and Brigade Pre-Command course and Command Sergeant Major Development, Company Commander/First Sergeant Pre-Command Course Basic Airborne Course, Air Assault Course, Master Resilience Trainer Course, Equal Opportunity Advisor Course, Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education, Special Operations Combat Medic Course, Civil Affairs Medical Sergeant Course, Civil Affairs Qualification Course, Special Operations Language Training-Korean Course, and the Common Faculty Development instructor Course. He is a graduate of the Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Center of Excellence Sergeants Major Course Class 68 and holds an Associate of Science in Health Science from the George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College.  
 
His awards include: Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), Joint Service Achievement Medal (1OLC), Army Achievement Medal (6 OLC), Army Good Conduct Medal (7th award), National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Bronze Campaign Star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon with numeral 5, Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 3, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, NATO Medal (ISAF), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit Award, the Army Superior Unit Award, and the Combat Medical Badge He has earned the Air Assault Badge, Parachutist Badge, and multiple Foreign Parachutist Badges.