Colonel (later Brigadier General) Belinda Pinckney was commissioned a Finance Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 78-50, 22 February 1979. Her first duty assigmnent was as a Project Officer, U. S. Army Finance and Accounting Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. | Her subsequent duty assignments include: Management Analyst, U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Morale Support Fund Officer, Headquarters, VII Corps, Moehringen, Germany; Chief Military Pay and Exam, 106th Finance Battalion, Ludwigsburg, Germany; Budget and Training Analyst, and later the Training Analyst, United States Army Training Brigade, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Chief of Commercial Accountants, and later the Headquarters and Headquarters Company Commander, 266th Theater Finance Command, Schwetzingen, Germany; Assignments Officer, Finance Branch, United States Total Army Personnel Command Alexandria, Virginia; Budget Analyst, Office of the Army Chief of Staff, Alexandria, Virginia, the Pentagon; Military Assistant to the Assistant to the Secretary of the Army for Financial Management/Comptroller, Alexandria, Virginia, the Pentagon; Commander Training Support Battalion (CDPL), and later the Director of Finance Management and Operations Department, Finance School, Soldier Support Institute, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; USAREUR Staff Finance and Accounting Officer and Commander, 266th Finance Command, Heidelberg, Germany.