Major General Tracy A. Thompson was commissioned an Engineer Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-84, 27 March 1984. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, 397th Engineer Battalion, Onalaska, Wisconsin. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commander, 412th TEC, Vicksburg, Mississippi; Commander, 420th Brigade, Bryan, Texas; Commander, 300th Sustainment Brigade, Grand Prairie, Texas; Deputy Commander, 300th Transportation Group, Grand Prairie, Texas; Commander, 436th Transportation Battalion, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait; Commander, 462nd Transportation Battalion, Fort Dix, New Jersey; S3 Operations Officer, 300th Transportation Group, Butler, Pennsylvania; Executive Officer, 313th Transportation Battalion, Baltimore, Maryland; Inspector General, 310th Theater Support Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Commander, 299th Engineer Company, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Deputy Commanding General (Support), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Prior to retiring, he was a co-founder and President of Powell & Thompson, P.C., a Virginia litigation firm established in 1990. He retired from private practice in 2017. | His military education includes: Engineer Basic Officer Course, Engineer Officer Advanced Course, Inspector General Course, Command and General Staff Course, Army War College and CAPSTONE. | His military awards include: Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Iraq Campaign Medal. The battalion he commanded when deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom also earned the Meritorious Unit Commendation.