Sergeant Major David Carden had a distinguished 30-year Army career. It began in Military Intelligence with the Army Security Agency. He volunteered for Special Forces and was a member of the initial cadre of one of four elite forty-four man Special Operations Detachments (SOD) whose missions were to provide Special Forces units with timely tactical intelligence and force protection. Sergeant Major Carden is a decorated combat veteran who served in Central America, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, and the Middle East. On many occasions, he performed special duty with the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the State Department. His specialized areas of interest were in security, intelligence, counter-drug and counter-insurgency. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts and he is a graduate of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas. He met heads of state including two Presidents. Sergeant Major Carden’s duties placed him in various environments…combat, diplomatic, tactical, training and academic. Probably the most important undertaking in his illustrious career was to head the task force that determined military intelligence requirements for United States Army Special Operations through the year 2020.
