Major General Joseph Wayne Arbuckle was commissioned an Ordnance Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 11-70, 17 April 1970. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 70th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado. | His subsequent duty assignments include: S1/ S2/S3, 70th Ordnance Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado; Detachment Commander and Infantry Advisor, Republic of Vietnam; Hawk DS Platoon Leader, 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Homestead, Florida; Aide-de-Camp, 31st Air Defense Brigade, Homestead, Florida; Missile Maintenance Officer, 124th Maintenance Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; Company Commander, Missile Support Company, 124th Maintenance Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; Assistant G4 Logistics Plans Officer Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Company Commander, 4th Ordnance Company, 3rd Ordnance Battalion, Miesau, Germany; Ammunition Staff Officer, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Chief, Ammunition Plans Division, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Battalion Commander, 55th Support Battalion; Chief, Depot Maintenance Branch, DCSLOG, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Executive to ADCSLOG, DCSLOG, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Operation/Plans Division, DCSLOG, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; CSA Strategic Fellow, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Depot Commander, Letterkenny, Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Director, CG Staff Group, Army Materiel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; D.CS, Ammunition, Army Materiel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; C/JA and Joint TASK Force Commanding General, Joint Task Force Kuwait, Camp Doha; Commanding General, Army Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatimmy, New Jersey; Commanding General, Industrial Operations Command, Rock Island, Illinois.