Arthur L. Holmes, Jr.

Colonel Arthur L. Holmes Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 10 December 1968. His first duty assignment was as a Tactical Officer, 62nd Company, 6th Battalion, The Student Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry, Gelnhausen, Germany, Executive Officer. 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry, Gelnhausen, Germany; Heavy Mortar Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry, Gelnhausen, Germany; Commander, Company C, 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry, Gelnhausen, Germany; Highway Operations Officer, Delta Logistics Support Activities, Republic of Vietnam; Deputy District Senior Advisor, Military Advisory Group Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam; Army Chief of Staff, G-3, Training Divisions 74th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Task Force S-3, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Commander, Combat Support Company, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Associate Professor of Military Science, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi; Provost Marshal, 24th Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia; Assistant Inspector General, 24th Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia; Chief of Plans and Operations, G-3, 193d Infantry Brigade, Panama; Brigade Executive Officer, l93d Infantry Brigade, Panama; Commander, Drug Task Force, 193d Infantry Brigade, Bolivia, South America; Battalion Commander/Professor of Military Science, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama; and Branch Chief, Inspection Division, Department of the Army, Inspector General, Washington, D.C.