COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR TIM CULVER’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY ARE SIGNIFICANT. CSM CULVER HAS SERVED IN SEVERAL TOUGH AND CHALLENGING JOBS THROUGHOUT HIS 29-YEAR CAREER. UNDOUBTEDLY, THIS EXCEPTIONAL NCO HAS IMPROVED EVERY ORGANIZATION HE WAS ASSIGNED TO. HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE A RESULT OF HIS SUPERB TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL EXPERTISE THAT HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED. CSM CULVER IS A TRUE LEADER THAT HAS SHARED A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WITH COUNTLESS SOLDIERS THROUGHOUT THE AMEDD AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
AS A SSG IN AUGUST 1994, CSM CULVER SERVED AS THE NCOIC OF THE MEDICAL TREATMENT SECTION WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE 164TH MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL WHILE PROVIDING MEDICAL SUPPORT IN “OPERATION FIRESTORM” LOCATED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. CSM CULVER AND HIS SECTION SUPPORTED FIREFIGHTERS WHO FOUGHT INTENSE FOREST FIRES FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. DURING THESE TURBULENT TIMES, HE EVACUATED SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS FOR LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND SUPERVISED THE MEDICAL OPERATIONS OF THREE BASE CAMPS COVERING OVER 120,000 ACRES. THIS DEDICATED NCO WAS LATER RECOGNIZED FOR HIS COURAGE AND COMMITMENT BY THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, AND WAS AWARDED THE STATE’S LEGION OF MERIT FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD.
DURING HIS TENURE AT THE 164TH MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL, CSM CULVER VOLUNTEERED AS NCOIC FOR FOUR OPERATION STAND DOWNS, TREATING OVER 3,000 HOMELESS VETERANS INVOLVING SEVERAL HOURS WITH MULTIPLE CIVILIAN AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. CSM CULVER WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS EFFORTS AND WAS AWARDED, FOUR ARMY COMMENDATION MEDALS, FIVE ARMY ACHEIVMENT MEDALS, AND NUMEROUS LETTERS OF COMMENDATIONS FROM STATE AND GOVERNMENT VETERANS AGENCIES AND THE WASHINGTON ARMY NATIONAL GUARD COMMANDING GENERAL FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE.
HE SERVED AS AN OBSERVER CONTROLLER FROM 1998 THROUGH 2003. AS AMASTER SERGEANT, MSG CULVER SUPPORTED THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND ARMY RESERVE MEDICAL UNITS WITHIN THE 5TH ARMY REGION OF WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND IDAHO. HE WAS QUICKLY RECOGNIZED AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR THE 91 CAREER MANAGEMENT FIELD WHILE OBSERVING AND CONTROLLING COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL TASKS RANGING FROM SQUAD TO COMPANY LEVEL DURING SIMULATED BATTLEFIELD EXERCISES. IN ADDITION, MSG CULVER TRAINED AND CERTIFIED OVER 1,100 SOLDIERS AS COMBAT LIFESAVERS AND FIELD SANITATION ASSISTANTS IN PREPARATION FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. AT ONE TIME, HE WAS NOTED AS THE BEST MOBILIZATION NCOIC IN HIS ASSIGNED BATTALION AND DEPLOYED MORE THAN ANY OTHER NCO IN THE UNIT. THIS SUPERB NCO HAS FURTHER ASSISTED MOBILIZING MORE THAN TEN SEPARATE UNITS IN THREE DIFFERENT STATES.
MSG CULVER SPEARHEADED THE OBSERVER CONTROLLER CERTIFICATION FOR HIS SECTION, BY INITIALLY ENSURING THAT AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT OF NCO TRAINERS WERE OBSERVER CONTROLLER CERTIFIED. LATER, HIS DIVISION COMMANDER AWARDED HIM AN IMPACT ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL FOR ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF CERTIFIED OBSERVER CONTROLLERS IN THE DIVISION.
HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO EARN HIS EMT CERTIFICATION AT A TIME THAT IT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, HE ENSURED THAT 100 PERCENT OF HIS PERSONNEL WERE 91W TRANSITIONED AND EMT CERTIFIED. LATER, HIS SECTION WAS COMMENDED FOR SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENT SIX YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE FOR THE RESERVE COMPONENT. IN ADDITION, MSG CULVER WAS NOTED FOR MENTORING SEVERAL SUBORDINATES THAT RESULTED IN ONE WHO WAS SELECTED AS THE BRIGADE’S NCO OF THE QUARTER. MSG CULVER EARNED A MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL FOR THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
IN JANUARY 2004, MSG CULVER SERVED AS THE FIRST ENLISTED ADVISOR TO THE IRAQI ARMED FORCES SURGEON GENERAL, AND SERVED AS THE COALITION JOINT TASK FORCE-SEVEN SURGEON’S BATTLE CAPTAIN WHILE DEPLOYED IN IRAQ. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE MEDICAL SUPPORT PROVIDED TO OVER 155,000 COALITION FORCES. AS THE SURGEON BATTLE CAPTAIN, MSG CULVER PROVED HIS COMPETENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM COUNTLESS TIMES AS A SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER AMONG A STAFF OF FIELD GRADE OFFICERS. HE WORKED IN THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER AS AN ESSENTIAL STAFF MEMBER AND POINT MAN FOR ALL ACTIONS DIRECTED AND IMPLIED BY THE COALITION JOINT TASK FORCE COMMANDER. THIS INCLUDED THE PREPARATION AND ACCURATE SUBMISSION OF CRITICAL REPORTS FORWARDED TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY CENTRAL COMMAND. HIS DIRECT INVOLVEMENT WAS CRUCIAL TO SETTING THE STAGE FOR SUCCESS OF THE COALITION JOINT TASK FORCE SURGEON’S CELL WHILE MANAGING MASS CASUALTY SITUATIONS THAT RESULTED IN HIM SUCCESSFULLY ORCHESTRATING OVER FIFTEEN SEPARATE REAL-WORLD MASCAL EVENTS. MSG CULVER DEVELOPED THE SURGEON CELL CRISIS ASSESSMENT TEAM STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND PARTICIPATED IN OVER 1100 EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHILE IN THEATER. HE WAS RECOGNIZED AND AWARDED THE JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AS A BATTLE CAPTAIN FOR THE COALITION JOINT TASK FORCE SURGEON’S CELL. ABOVE ALL, THIS DEDICATED NCO VOLUNTEERED TO EXTEND HIS DUTY IN IRAQ AFTER BEING PERSONALLY REQUESTED BY THE V CORPS DEPUTY SURGEON TO BE HIS FIRST SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR FOR THE IRAQI ARMED FORCES SURGEON GENERAL.
MSG CULVER PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN DESIGNING, PLANNING, AND ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FIXED MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES WHILE IN IRAQ. HE DEVELOPED COMBAT LIFE SAVER TRAINING FOR THE IRAQI ARMED FORCES SURGEON GENERAL AND DESIGNED THE MTOE FOR THE IRAQI ARMED FORCES MEDICAL CORPS. MSG CULVER ALSO STANDARDIZED THE CONSTRUCT OF THE IRAQI ARMED FORCES MEDICAL CORPS AMBULANCE FLEET, TWELVE BRIGADE MEDICAL CLINICS, AND FORTY BATTALION AID STATIONS. MSG CULVER EARNED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL FOR THIS ACHIEVMENT.
2005-2007 WHILE ASSIGNED AS THE 385TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION (TERMINAL) CSM CULVER EARNED A SECOND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WAS SELECTED ABOVE HIS PEERS AS THE NEXT GROUP COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR.
COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR CULVER IS A GRADUATE OF THE RESIDENT UNITED STATES ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY (CLASS 55). HE NOW SERVES AS THE 654TH REGIONAL SUPPORT GROUP COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR.
IN VIEW OF ALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS MADE BY CSM CULVER, HE WAS AWARDED THE ORDER OF MILITARY MEDICAL MERIT.