Colonel Hugh C. Van Roosen was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Reserve Component Class 2-81 on December 3, 1981. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Platoon Leader, A Company, 1st Battalion, 104th Infantry, Massachusetts Army National Guard, Springfield, Massachusetts. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Detachment Executive Officer, A Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group; Company Operations Officer, A Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group; Detachment Commander, C Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group; Company Adjutant, C Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group; Military Freefall Detachment Commander, Company C, 1st Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group; Detachment Commander, Company B, 1st Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group; Company Executive Officer, Company A, 1st Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group; Battalion Operations Officer, 401st Civil Affairs Battalion; Company Commander, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy (JFK) Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Course Manager and Instructor, U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Civil Affairs Proponency, U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Director, SOJ7, Special Operations Command, Europe; and Battalion Commander, 402nd Tactical Civil Affairs Battalion; Deputy G3, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. | His military awards include: Meritorious Service Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal with bronze star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Achievement Medal w/ Silver Hourglass device and M device, Special Forces Tab, Combat Action Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Military Freefall Badge, and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. | Colonel Van Roosen is a graduate of the University of the State of New York at Albany and he has been selected to attend the resident War College.