Brandon T. McDaniel
Mr. Brandon McDaniel is an Instructor and Nuclear 100 and Nuclear 150 Course Manager in the Department of Nuclear Studies, Kirtland AFB, NM. He was previously a nuclear weapons technical instructor at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Defense Nuclear Weapon School, where he served as manager of the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum. Mr. McDaniel has served in the U.S. Marine Corps, both active and reserve, for 16 years and is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is currently a Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel assigned to the Field Historian Detachment, Marine Corps University, Quantico, VA. He entered civil service in 2019 and has over 15 years of experience working in the U.S. nuclear enterprise.
Education
B.S., Secondary Education, Lubbock Christian University, 2002
2020-2022 Graduate Student, University of Oklahoma, pursuing a Masters of Organizational Leadership
Sandia National Laboratories Weapon Intern Program, 2020