Colonel Donald L. Bray was commissioned as a Signal Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class# 03-91, 31 May 1991. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, 426th Signal Battalion (re-designated 51st Signal Battalion), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments includes: Platoon Leader, 426th Signal Battalion (re-designated 51st Signal Battalion), 35th Signal Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Assistant Brigade S3 Operations, 35th Signal Brigade (ABN), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; J6 Communications Officer, Joint Task Force-180 (Haiti); Battalion Signal Officer, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion Signal Officer Task Force Sinai, (Egypt) 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Signal Officer, Combat Support Coordination Team One, 8th Army, USFK; Commander Alpha Company, 327th Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade (ABN), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; G6 Plans Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Brigade Automation Officer, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), United States Army Special Operation Command Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief Data Division, United States Central Command Multi-National Forces Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq; Chief System Integration United States Central Command-Multi-National Forces Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, TAG-D Human Resource Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Functional Area 53 Field Grade Assignment Officer- HRC Signal Branch, Alexandria, Virginia; Commander, 2d Battalion, 1st Information Operation Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. | Colonel Bray's education includes: United States Army Officer Candidate School (Distinguished Honor Graduate), United States Army Signal Center & Fort Gordon Signal Officer Basic Course (Honor Graduate), Signal Officer Advance Course (Honor Graduate), Director of Information Management Course, System Automation Course, Command and General Staff College, Department of Defense Chief information Officer Course and Joint Combined Warfare School.