Colonel Bill D. Lockwood was commissioned an Aviator Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in 1954. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader at Brook Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Rotary Wings Advisor, Headquarters Company, 7th Army; Aviator, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; Company commander, 7th Infantry Division, Korea; Company Executive Officer and Battalion Adjutant, 11th Aviation Assault Division; Liaison Officer, 145th Aviation Battalion, Vietnam; Branch Chief, Department of Tactics, U.S. Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, Alabama; S-3, Aviation Department, 101st Airborne Division; Operations Officer, J-3, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon; Chief, Air Plans, G-3, Headquarters, CENTAG, SHAPE; Commander, Allied Forces Central Europe Support Activities, Netherlands; Commander, US MCA, Heilbronn, Germany. | His awards and decorations include: Distinguished Flying Cross (2 Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Air Medal (12 Oak Leaf Cluster),