James Robert Carpenter

James Robert Carpenter was commissioned a Second Lieutenant upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 39-69, Fort Benning, Georgia, 9 December 1969. His first duty assignment was as an Armor Platoon Leader, B Co, 2d Bn, 70th Armor, 24th Inf Div, Fort Riley, Kansas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Armor Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer, B Co 2d Bn 70th Armor, 24th Inf Div, Fort Riley, Kansas; Battalion Liaison Officer and Special Project Officer for Reformer Exercise, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd BN/63d Armor, 1st Inf Div, Fort Riley, Kansas; Student, Jungle Operations Training Course, Fort Sherman, Canal Zone; Infantry Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer, Company D, 1st Battalion 6th Infantry, 198th Brigade, 23rd Division, Republic of Vietnam; USAR, Training Officer, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 392nd Regiment, 3rd Advanced Individual Training Brigade (Engineer), 98th Division Training, Ithaca, New York; USAR, Control Group, St. Louis, Missouri; Executive Officer, Co A, 2d Battalion 299th Infantry, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, Keaau, Hawaii; Battalion Intelligence Officer (S-2), Headquarters & Headquarters, 2nd Battalion 299th Infantry, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, Hilo, Hawaii; Brigade Chemical Officer, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii; Assistant Operations Officer (Asst. S-3), Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii; Brigade Intelligence Officer (S-2) Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii; Assistant Chief Instructor, Headquarters State Area Command, Vermont Army National Guard, ARNG Mountaineering School, Ethan Allen Range, Vermont; Brigade Intelligence Officer (S-2), Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii; Active Duty Student, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Brigade Intelligence Officer (S-2), Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii; Commandant, Detachment 2 Headquarters State Area Command (Hawaii Military Academy), HIARNG, Waimanalo, Hawaii; Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Assistant Adjutant General (Army)/ Commander of the Hawaii Army National Guard, Headquarters STARC, Honolulu, Hawaii.