Volunteer Staff
Commanding Officer: LT Jason Heinen, USN - Jason M. Heinen enlisted into the United States Navy in June of 2000 from San Antonio, Texas. He attended Nuclear Machinist Mate “A” School, Naval Nuclear Power School, and Naval Nuclear Prototype Unit, subsequently laterally converted to a Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) in November of 2002. Upon successful graduation of “A” school and two “C” schools, he was assigned to the USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) in 2003. There he advanced to Second Class Petty Officer, and was selected as JSOQ. This tour included a Persian Gulf Deployment and Baltic Operations. In 2006, he accepted order to the Personnel Exchange Program Canada, Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Leitrim in Ottawa, Ontario. Highlights of this tour included a three month deployment to CFS Alert, an isolated station lying within the arctic circle approximately 200 miles south of the North Pole; and promotion to First Class Petty Officer. In October of 2008, Petty Officer Heinen transferred to the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) as the Leading Petty Officer, member of the commissioning crew, and part of the maiden deployment in 2011. In April of 2012, he was commissioned under the Limited Duty Officer Program and upon completion of two intermediate schools he transferred to Fleet Cyber Command/C10F. In October of 2015 he transferred to the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) and completed one Persian Gulf deployment and supported emergency response efforts in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. In February of 2018 he transferred to San Antonio Texas. He assumed command of the Alamo Battalion in July, 2021.
Administration Officer: ENS Terry Arredondo, NSCC - Currently owner and manager of "Arredondo Seafood Cafe". My husband and I have proudly served the San Antonio community and surrounding counties near and far for the past 21 years. ENS Arredondo likes to garden, thrift shop and find good bargains at yard/garage sales. Proud mother of one U.S. Navy Sailor, one U.S. Marine, one U.S. Air Force Airman and two USNSCC Alamo Battalion Sea Cadets. I am currently involved with the Parent Booster Club for the Southside High School R.O.T.C. and served as Vice President P.T.O. in 2008-2009.
Finance Officer: ENS Patrick Conroy, NSCC - Ensign Conroy is an attorney in San Antonio, where he has a business law practice. He is originally from Chicago, but has called San Antonio home for more than twenty years. He is married with three children; one is still in high school, and one is at Indiana University. His former-Sea-Cadet son is now a Cadet at West Point. He has volunteered for a number of community organizations, including St. John's Lutheran Church and the King William Association, and was previously the Public Affairs Officer for the Alamo Battalion. He is an avid but terrible skier. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. Comp. Eng., M.S. Comp. Sci.), Northwestern University (M.B.A.), and UT Austin (J.D.).
