MAJ Dan Gimm is currently the Professor of Military Science for the Bay State Battalion and Program Manager/Instructor for the MSIV course. He commissioned through the ROTC program at St. Cloud State University in central Minnesota in 2009 with an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. MAJ Gimm has spent 19 years as an Engineer Officer, serving as a Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Company Commander, Engineer Coordinator, Engineer Branch Career Manager, and Battalion Operations Officer. He has deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom, as well as humanitarian support missions throughout Central America and the Carribean. MAJ Gimm is a graduate of the Command and General Staff Officers’ Course and holds a Master of Operational Studies degree from the Command and General Staff College. He also holds a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration degree and a graduate certificate in Organizational Change in Higher Education from the University of Louisville.