Sergeant Major Nicholas J. Pascuzzi assumed the duties as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader of 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division in December 2024.
He is a native of Hibbing, MN and enlisted into the United States Marine Corps in August, 1997. After completing recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, he was then transferred to Camp Pendleton, California where he was assigned to the School of Infantry (SOI), Infantry Training Battalion (ITB) and subsequently trained as a 0331, Machine Gunner.
Sergeant Major Pascuzzi's assignments in the operating forces include Machine-Gunner and Team Leader, Second Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (II FAST) Company, Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, VA; Team Leader and Squad Leader, 1st Battalion 8th Marines, Bravo Company, Camp Lejeune, NC; Regimental Commander's Vehicle Commander and Security Platoon Vehicle Commander, Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT-1), Camp Pendleton, CA; Vehicle Commander, Squad Leader and Machine Gun Section Leader, 1st Battalion 9th Marines, Weapons Company and Alpha Company, Camp Lejeune, NC; Vehicle Commander and Platoon Sergeant, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 (RCT-6), Headquarters Company, Camp Lejeune, NC; CAAT Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Battalion 8th Marines, Weapons Company, Camp Lejeune, NC; Company First Sergeant, 2D Intelligence Battalion, Intelligence Operations Company and Fox Company, Camp Lejeune, NC; Sergeant Major, 3rd Battalion 10th Marines, Camp Lejeune, NC; Sergeant Major, Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, MCAS New River, NC; Sergeant Major, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 26, MCAS New River, NC.
Sergeant Major Pascuzzi's other assignments include Coach, Primary Marksmanship Instructor/Combat Marksmanship Trainer and Small Arms Weapons Instructor Course (SAWIC)/ High Risk Personnel (HRP), Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, VA; Marine Security Guard Detachment Commander, US Consulate Cape Town, South Africa; Marine Security Guard Detachment Commander, US Consulate Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Inspector-Instructor First Sergeant, Detachment 1, Transportation Services Company/Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25; Installation Sergeant Major, Marine Corps Installation Camp Mujuk, Republic of South Korea; Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, Training Command, Camp Johnson, NC.
His Deployments include Second Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company in support of Exercise Tartan Eagle; with Second Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company in support of Operation Southern Watch, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait; with BLT 1/8, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in support of Kosovo and contingency operations in North Africa; with Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT-1) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II-1, II-2; with 1st Battalion 9th Marines in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07; with Regimental Combat Team 6 (RCT-6) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08; and with 2nd Battalion 8th Marines in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 13.1.
Sergeant Major Pascuzzi's personal awards include the Purple Heart Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (4th Award), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4th Award), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device, Combat Action Ribbon (2nd Award), Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, and various other Unit, Service, and Campaign awards.