Colonel Andre L. Francis was commissioned a Signal Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School class 36-69, 30 October 1969. His first assignment was Command Signal Platoon Leader, 252nd Signal Company, Panama. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Cdr, 252nd Signal Company, Panama; Cdr, 396th Signal Detachment, Panama; Assistant Opns Officer, USA Strategic Communications Command Signal Group; Plans and Opns Officer, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Communications-Electronics, USA Southern Command; System Engineer, Defense Communications Agency, Pacific; Signal Officer, 2nd Bde, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Systems Engineer, 35th Signal Bde, XVIII Airborne Corps; Systems Control Officer, 35th Signal Bde, XVIII Airborne Corps; Cdr, Company A, 50th Signal Bn (Airborne); Project Manager, TRADOC, Fort Monroe, Virginia; S-2, 57th Signal Bn, 3rd Signal Bde, III Corps; S-3, 57th Signal Bn, 3rd Signal Bde, III Corps; War Plans Officer, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Communications-Electronics and Information Systems, Central Army Group, Heidelburg, Germany; Commander, 154th Signal Bn (L), Panama; Signal Assignment Officer, Colonels Division, Total Army Personnel Command; Director, Command, Control, and Communications Systems Evaluation Directorate, Operational Evaluation Command, Operational Test and Evaluation Command; Military Assistant for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Systems, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense.