James R. Tompkins

Colonel James R. Tompkins was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 1969, 23 May 1969. His first duty assignment was as  S-3 Air, Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, Baumholder, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, CSC, 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry, Baumholder, Germany; Ammunition Officer, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Bien Hoa, Republic of Vietnam; Chief, Machinist Branch and Machinist Division, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Division Chief, 2nd Materiel Management Center and Ammunition Staff Officer, Assistant Chief of Staff for Materiel, 1st Corps Support Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations Officer, 101st Ordnance Battalion, Heilbronn, Germany; Company Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Ordnance Battalion, Heilbronn, Germany; Ammunition Staff Officer, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Security, Plans, and Operations Officer, 2nd Armored Division Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander and Executive Officer, 2nd Forward Support Battalion (Provisional), 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Ammunition Staff Officer, United States Army Europe Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Grafenwoehr, Germany; Ammunition Officer, Headquarters Department of the Army, (DAMOTRS) The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Commander, Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Milan, Tennessee; Director, Combat Developments, U.S. Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Assistant For Readiness, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Logistics, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. | At the time of his induction, Colonel Tompkins was President of Tompkins Logistics Consultants, Inc.