Colonel Arthur D. Hurtado
Senior Vice President
Advanced Technology Division Group
CACI
Colonel Arthur D. Hurtado was born in Taos, New Mexico on November
18, 1944. He graduated from Taos High School in 1962.
He completed his first two years of college at Hardin Simmons
University in Abilene, Texas. Later he transferred to Southwest
Missouri State University where he graduated in 1969 with a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry. He was a Distinguished
Military Graduate, commissioned a Regular Army Second Lieutenant in
the Infantry and served his initial tour as a rifle platoon leader
with the 5th Mechanized Division at Fort Carson, Colorado. In
Vietnam he served with the 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade first as
a mortar and rifle platoon leader and after reverting to Military
Intelligence, he served as the Interrogation of Prisoners of War
Platoon Leader.
Colonel Hurtado has served as the Commander of the 66th MI
Detachment, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Bliss, Texas;
Technical Representative with the Scientific and Technical
information Team, Europe; Executive Officer of the 533rd MI
Battalion, 3rd Armored Division,Germany; Assistant Executive
Secretary to the Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee
for the Director of Central Intelligence; Force Integration Staff
Officer, Headquarters, Department of Army, Deputy Chief of Staff
For Operations and Plans; Commander of the 165th MI Battalion,
205th MI Brigade, Germany; and, Program Manager, Kinetic Energy
Interceptors, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Office of
the Secretary of Defense.
He has attended the Infantry Officers Basic Course, the Military
Intelligence Officers Advanced Course, the Command and General
Staff College, the Defense Systems Management College, and was a
Research Fellow at the National War College. He received a
Master's of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from New
Mexico State University in 1978 and was elected into the National
Electrical Engineering Honor Society - Eta Kappa Nu. He is a
nationally certified Project Manager Professional by the Project
Manager Institute.
His decorations include the National Defense Service Medal with
Bronze Star, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious
Service Medal, National Intelligence Achievement Medal, Purple
Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Legion of Merit, and the Defense Superior
Service Medal. His badges include the Parachute Basic Wings,
Combat Infantryman's Badge, Department of the Army General Staff
Identification Badge, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Identification Badge.
He is currently the Project Manager, Electronic Warfare and
Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition at Fort
Monmouth, New Jersey.
Colonel Hurtado is married to the former Dianna L. Patterson of
Arlington, Texas. They have one daughter, Alison.
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