Colonel Samuel G. Lundgren was commissioned a Signal Corps Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 11 September 1970. His first duty assignment was as Battalion Signal Officer, 2d 31st Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. | His subsequent duty assignments include Signal Staff Officer, 75th Artillery Group, Fort Sill Oklahoma; Operations Officer/Commander, Company D, 57th Signal Battalion, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Battalion Signal Officer, 1/180th Field Artillery Battalion, Mesa, Arizona; Battery Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1/180th Field Artillery, Mesa, Arizona; Base Civil Engineer, 161st Air Refueling Group, Phoenix, Arizona; Civil Engineering Staff Officer, National Guard Bureau (NGB/CE), Pentagon, Washington, D.C. | At the time of his induction, Colonel Lundgren was serving as Director of Engineering and Services Air National Guard Readiness Center, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.