COL Robert M. Williams was commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer through the Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, Class 04-92 on 19 September 1996. His first duty assignment was as Assistant Brigade S3, 501st Military Intelligence Brigade, Yongsan, Korea.

His subsequent duty assignments were: Platoon Leader, B Company, 532nd Military Intelligence Battalion, Camp Humphreys, Korea; Battalion S4, Technical Control and Analysis Element Chief, and Commander, B Company, 314th Military Intelligence Battalion, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Intelligence Plans Officer, 1st Brigade, 91st Division, Camp Parks, California; Assistant Product Manager (included deployment to Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom), Army Space Program Office, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Operational Test Officer, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Department of the Army System Coordinator, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, Pentagon; Program Analyst, Program Analysis and Evaluation Headquarters Department of the Army G-8, Pentagon; Product Manager, Logistics Modernization Program, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Project Manager, Afghan Personnel and Pay System, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, and Project Manager, Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army.

His military education and training includes: Military Intelligence Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, Army Acquisition Basic Course, Program Manager’s Course, Executive Program Manager’s Course, and the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.

His highest military awards include: Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (6th Award), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (2nd Award), and the Army Staff Identification Badge.