Captain Bill Alan Roderick was commissioned as a Transportation Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 7-67, 23 March 1967. His first duty assignment was as a Training Officer, 3rd Training Brigade (BCT), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. | His subsequent assignments include: Platoon Leader, 155th Transportation Company, Republic of Vietnam; Platoon Leader, 123rd Transportation Company, Republic of Vietnam; Assistant S-3, 10th Transportation Battalion, Republic of Vietnam; S-4, 68th Transportation Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado; Post Clearance Officer, Headquarters, Camp McCoy, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin; and Assistant Auditor General (Manpower and Reserve Affairs Audits) of the Naval Audit Service, U.S. Navy, Washington Navy Yard, D.C.