William B. Bauer

Colonel William B. Bauer was commissioned an Infantry Officer from Officer Candidate School 15 May 1967. His first duty assignment was as Tactical Officer, 62d Company (OC), 6th Student Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Lift and Gunship Platoon Leader, 192d Assault Helicopter Company, Phan Thiet, Vietnam; Flight Operations Officer, 281st Assault Helicopter Company, Wha Trang, Vietnam; Aero Weapons Platoon Leader, Air Cavalry Troop, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment; Fulda, Germany; Flight Operations Officer, Air Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fulda, Germany; S-3 Air, 3d Battalion 47th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington; Rifle Company Commander, A Company 3d Battalion, 47th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington; Assistant S-3 and S-3, 3d Brigade, 9th Squadron, 5th Cavalry, Fort Lewis, Washington; Air Cavalry Troop Commander, C Troop, 3d Squadron, 5th Cavalry, Fort Lewis, Washington; Deputy, Battalion Training Management Team, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; Ground Liason Officer, 52d Tactical Fighter Wing, Spanagdahlem Air Base, Germany; Ground Liaison Officer, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom; Executive Officer, 12th Combat Aviation Group, Wiesbaden, Germany; Battalion Commander, 1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade, Fort Rucker, Alabama; Deputy Director and Director, Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization, United States Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama; Battle Staff Commander, United States Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic, Airborne Command Post, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.