Michael W. Ackerman

Major General Michael W. Ackerman was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 15 December 1966. His first duty assignment was as Officer in Charge, Individual Tactical Training Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, Company D Commander, Liaison Officer, and S-3 Air, Company A&D, 2d Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam; Instructor, Leadership Department, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Gunship Platoon Commander, 174th Aviation Company, 14th Combat Aviation Battalion, AMERCIAL Division, Vietnam; Assistant Operations Officer, Aviation Section, Directorate of Plans and Training, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Administration Officer and Assistant Protocol Officer, Report of Survey Board 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Communications Officer, 2d Battalion, 20th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, Communications Electronics Officer, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson Colorado; Communications Officer, 24th Engineer Group, United States Army Europe, Germany; Communications Officer and Aviation Section Commander, 18th Engineer Brigade, United States Army Europe, Germany, Aviation Section and Airfield Commander, 70th Transportation Battalion, 56th Aviation Detachment, 21st Support Command, United States Army Europe, Germany; Executive Officer, 82d Signal Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations/Plans Officer, 35th Signal Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, 13th Signal Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Concepts and Studies and Director Combat Developments, Directorate of Combat Developments, United States Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Commander, 3d Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, Director, J-6, United States Southern Command; Quarry Heights, Panama; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Commanding General, United States Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia.