Colonel Alfred C. Channels, Jr. was commissioned a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 30 November 1972. His first duty assignment was as Forward Observer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 112th Field Artillery, New Jersey Army National Guard, Atlantic City, New Jersey. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Tactical Officer, New Jersey Military Academy, Sea Girt, New Jersey; Commander, Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 112th Field Artillery, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Battalion Fire Direction Officer, 5th Battalion, 112th Field Artillery, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Assistant Operations Officer, Command and Control Headquarters, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Executive Officer, 154th Supply and Service Battalion, Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey; Personnel Staff Officer, Military Education Branch, National Guard Bureau, Edgewood, Maryland; Force Development Officer, Chief, Combat Support/ Combat Service Support Team, Force Development Branch, Washington D.C.; Chief, Combat Force Development Team, Acting Chief, Force Development Branch; Liaison Officer, Force Management Branch, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.; Senior Army Guard Advisor, Headquarters, V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany; Special Project Officer, Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Washington, D.C.; Assistant Chief of Staff, Army National Guard, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.