Our thirty-third recipient, (Captain) Timothy J. Curcio served on active duty from 2019 to 2024 as a ground intelligence officer. After a year as the Intelligence Officer-in-Charge at 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, he was reassigned as the Assistant Intelligence Officer for 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines in Camp Pendleton. While there, Tim deployed on the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in 2023, conducting combined operations with Japanese forces in Japan before participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre with United States allies. During this deployment, he supported the 31st MEU Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission in Papua New Guinea following a volcanic eruption on the island of Bougainville. Tim graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy in 2019 with a BS in Mathematics with Economics and a minor in German. Tim currently resides in Cambridge, MA.