Students instructed
1,500+
Students trained across the cadre's combined military instructor assignments.
Orion Institute of Training
The cadre behind the curriculum.
Instruction is delivered by subject matter experts drawn from contingency response, aerial port, airfield management, security forces, and fire service career fields. Each member is attributed to the courses they teach.
Note on experience claims. Statements about students trained, commands supported, and pass rates on this page describe the combined individual military and civil service careers of our cadre. They are not a record of contract performance by Orion Contingency Group Inc. Past performance for the company is available on request.
Cadre careers, by the numbers
What this cadre brings from service.
Commands supported
All COCOMs
Operational service spanning every geographic combatant command over the cadre's careers.
Student pass rate
90%
Sustained student pass rate across the cadre's military instructional assignments.
Leadership
Company leadership.
Chief Executive Officer · Cadre
Jerome Williams
Founder and chief executive. Serves on the cadre across the course catalog and is the primary point of contact for client relations, partner development, and incoming program scoping.
Courses: CRO-P, CRO-C2, CRO-L, TOF, LZAC, CRSS, R2LT
Chief Financial Officer · Cadre
Michael Washburn
Chief financial officer and contingency response communications and logistics subject matter expert. Involved in course oversight and curriculum development across the catalog.
Roster
Instructor cadre.
Each member is listed against the courses and functional blocks they teach.
Readiness lead trainer
James A. Rickles Jr.
Readiness lead trainer for the load team and planning tracks, with emphasis on practical evaluation and standards enforcement.
Courses: R2LT, CRO-P, CRO-C2
Planning and C2 cadre
Jeffrey Romig
Teaches intermediate planning cadence and command and control handover under operational load.
Courses: R2LT, CRO-P, CRO-C2
Security forces
Alexis Flores
Security forces background in contingency response defender operations. Teaches the security and force protection blocks across the operations pipeline and sustainment.
Courses: CRO-P, CRO-C2, CRO-L, CRSS
Airfield management lead
Benito Carrasco
Contingency airfield manager. Owns the landing zone assessment and transfer-of-forces airfield segments and the command and control handover block in CRO-C2.
Courses: LZAC, TOF, CRO-C2
Fire and emergency services
Christopher Gangeme
Municipal fire service and contingency response fireteam background. Teaches fireteam-level blocks and emergency management integration across the operations pipeline.
Courses: CRO-P, CRO-C2, CRO-L
All-course support cadre
Kaden Ables
Support cadre across the full catalog, covering scenario control, white cell, and evaluation roles as course staffing requires.
Courses: CRO-P, CRO-C2, CRO-L, TOF, LZAC, CRSS, R2LT
Aerial port and logistics SME
Harry Capo
Aerial port operations, logistics, and ramp management subject matter expert. Supports courses where cargo handling and throughput are the core of the practical.
Focus: Aerial port operations, logistics, ramp management
Aerial port and product SME
Nicholas Wilkinson
Aerial port operations, logistics, and product management subject matter expert. Pairs with the operations line on scale-up exercises and throughput modeling.
Focus: Aerial port operations, logistics, product management
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