Command Sergeant Major DENNIS L. WILKEN

United States Army

      CSM Dennis Wilken entered active service on 4 August 1981.  He completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Dix, New Jersey and Advanced Individual training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

      CSM Wilken’s assignments include:  Medical Operations Sergeant Major, IIIrd Corps Headquarters; Command Sergeant Major (Interim), Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC); Chief Clinical NCO, LRMC/European Regional Medical Command; First Sergeant, LRMC, Germany; Senior Medical NCO, USAMEDDAC, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Operations Sergeant, 89^th RSC (AC/RC), St Louis, Missouri; Assistant Chief Wardmaster, 102^nd ARCOM (AC/RC), St Louis, Missouri; Platoon Sergeant, 93^rd Evacuation Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; S-3 NCO, 67^th Evacuation Hospital, Wurzburg, Germany; Practical Nurse, Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado; Senior Medical Specialist, 4^th Forward Support Battalion (Aviation), Fort Lewis, Washington; Medical Specialist, 2nd Battalion, 75th Infantry (Ranger Airborne), Fort Lewis Washington; Medical Specialist, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 172^nd Infantry Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.  His deployments include Grenada, Sudan, Egypt, and Southwest Asia.

      His military education and honors includes the Medical Specialist Course, Aviation Medical Course, Practical Nurse Course, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course, United States Army Battle Staff Course, Equal Opportunity Leaders Course, and the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. CSM Wilken holds a Masters of Science in Health Sciences degree with a concentration in Emergency and Disaster Management from Touro University.

      His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Achievement Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Valorous Unit Citation, the Meritorious Unit Citation, the Army Superior Unit award, Army Good Conduct Medal (8th Award), the National Defense Ribbon, the Southwest Asia Service (3)/Kuwait Liberation Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with the Bronze Arrowhead, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal,  the GWOT Service Medal, the Expert Field Medical Badge, Parachutist Badge with Bronze Star, Combat Medical Badge, Aviation Crewmember Badge. CSM Wilken has also been inducted into the prestigious Order of Military Medical Merit.

Care with Honor