Command Sergeant Major Cassandra Price is a native of Burlington, New Jersey. She enlisted in the United States Army on 3 May 1994 as an 88H, Cargo Specialist at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Command Sergeant Major Price has served in the Army for over 26 years in various assignments throughout the United States and overseas to include 372nd Transportation Company, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; 21st Cargo Transfer Company, Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington; 297th Transportation Company, Qatar; United States Army Transportation Center Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Echo Company, 71st Transportation Battalion, HHD 53rd Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), 164th Terminal Supervision Team, HHC, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Eustis, Virginia; HHC, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater), HHC, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne) Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 359th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, HHD, 10th Transportation Battalion (Terminal), 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) Fort Eustis, VA; The United States Army Sergeants Major Academy, Fort Bliss, Texas; HHBN, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Command Sergeant Major Price is currently serving as the 11th Transportation Battalion (Terminal) Command Sergeant Major, Joint Base Little Creek-Story, Virginia.
Her military education includes the completion of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASMA) Class 66, Demonstrated Senior Logistician Certification, Master Resilience Training Course, Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course, Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt Course, Anti-terrorism and Forced Protection Level II Course, United States Army Special Operations Command Mediations and Negotiations Course, USASMA Battle Staff NCO Course, Defense Basic Preservation Packing Course, Defense Marketing for Shipment Course, Support Operations Phase I Course, USASMA First Sergeant Course, U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School, U.S. Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program (SHARP); Unit Victim Advocate Training, Senior Leaders Course, Advanced Leadership Course, Warrior Leadership Course, Army Reconnaissance Course (RECONDO), Combatives Level I Course, Basic Instructor Training Course, Small Group Leader’s Course, Transportation and Stowage Hazmat Course, Field Hygiene and Sanitation Course, Airborne School, Air Assault School, Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense Course, Equal Opportunity Leader’s Course, Applied Suicide Intervention Skill Training Course (ASIST) and Unit Alcohol and Drug Coordinator Course. She has attained an Associate of Science Degree in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management with a concentration in Supply Chain Management and Logistics from Purdue University Global.
Command Sergeant Major Price is a combat and humanitarian veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom 02-03, 08-09, 12-13, Operation Unified Response (Haiti) 2010 and Operation New Dawn 2011.
Awards and Decorations for Command Sergeant Major Price include the Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (4th award), Army Commendation Medal (4th award), Army Achievement Medal (6th award), Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal (8th award), National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (5th award), Overseas Ribbon (3rd award), NATO Medal, Air Assault Badge, Drill Sergeant Identification Badge, Parachutist Badge, Columbian Parachutist Badge, Driver’s Badge and the Physical Fitness Badge. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Sergeant Audie Murphy Association, Honorary Order of Saint Christopher, and The International Society of Logistics.
Command Sergeant Major Price has three children; 23 year old Diontre’ Marcell Brooks, 19 year old Tyron Lee, and 9 year old Jerry Lenard Earl Lee.