Colonel Rodney A. Phillips was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 77-2, 24 June 1977. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, HSB, 319th Field Artillery Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company D, 82nd Signal Corps Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; S-4, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82nd Signal Corps Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, Company B, 122nd Signal Corps Battalion, Camp Casey, Kansas; C E Staff Officer; 2nd Battalion, Ranger 75th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington; C E Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion, Ranger 75th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington; C E, Operations Officer, 1st SPOC Delta Force Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Signal Squadron Commander, Delta Force Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Joint Communications Unit JSOC, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, 122nd Signal Corps Battalion, Camp Casey, Kansas; Squadron Commander, USA Office of Military Support, Washington, D.C.; Commander, U.S. Army 5th Recruiting Brigade, San Antonio, Texas.