Capt. Daniel J. Galvan was recently promoted.
He joined the Marine Corps National Guard in the summer of 2002. Two years later, Galvan was deployed to Iraq for nine months. He joined the Albuquerque Police Department in 2008, where he is currently employed.
He graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2012 with a BA in political science. In February 2014, he enlisted with the Army National Guard Officer Training Program, and after 18 months of extensive training, Galvan was commissioned as a second lieutenant on Aug. 2, 2015.
Galvan was assigned to the Infantry Unit in Almogordo. On Feb. 2, 2017, he was promoted to first lieutenant and was assigned to the unit in Las Cruces. He transferred to the unit in Rio Rancho, where he completed a deployment in Djabouti in East Africa.