Colonel Robert J. Jenkins was commissioned an Infantry Branch Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 14-69, 3 April 1969. His first duty assignment was as Tactical Training Officer, 85th Student BN, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Tactical Training Officer, 85th Co 8th Student BN TCB, Fort Benning, Georgia; BN S1 & Headquarters Commander, 172d Infantry Brigade, Fort Richardson, Alaska; Commander, Co A, 172d Infantry Brigade, Fort Richardson, Alaska; Deputy Senior Advisor MACV Tm3, 3d Reg, 1st ARepublic of Vietnam Inf Div, South Vietnam; Assistant Brigade Chaplain, Headquarters Co 2d Tng Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Field Command Chaplain, Office of the Chaplain, Johnston Atoll, DIV ARTY Chaplain, 101st Abn Division Artillery, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Honduras Command Chaplain, 101st Abn Division Artillery, Honduras; DIV ARTY Chaplain, 101st Abn Division Artillery, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; DISCOM Chaplain, 3d Infantry Division, Kitzingen, Germany; Staff Chaplain, NATO\SHAPE, Mons, Belgium; Staff Chaplain, 18th Abn Corps Artillery, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Command Chaplain, 104th Area Support Group, Hanau, Germany; Installation Chaplain, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York; Command Chaplain, U.S. Special OPS Command, Tampa, Florida; Command Chaplain, U.S. Forces Korea & Eighth Army, Yongsan, Korea; Command Chaplain, U.S. Forces Korea and Eighth U.S. Army.