Colonel Billingsley Pogue III was commissioned as an Aviation Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 31 May 1991. | His subsequent duty assignments were: Scout Platoon Leader, Company C, 2nd Aviation Battalion Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Support Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Division Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Scout Platoon Leader, Headquarters Company, Troop C, 1st Armored Squadron, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Troop Commander, Troop F, 4th Aviation Unit Maintenance, Armored Regiment Squadron, Camp Stanto, Kansas; Company Commander, Delta Company, Aviation Unit Maintenance, 1st Aviation Battalion, Fort Drum, New York; Company Commander, Delta Company, Aviation Unit Maintenance, 1st Aviation Battalion, Bosnia; Company Commander, Delta Company, Aviation Unit Maintenance, 1st Aviation Battalion, Fort Drum, New York; Assignments Officer U.S. Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Company Commander, Delta Company, Aviation Battalion; Army Materiel Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, Delta Company, Aviation Battalion, Army Materiel Command, AI Taqadd, Iraq; Company Commander, Delta Company, Aviation Battalion, Army Materiel Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | Colonel Pogue's military education and training includes: Rotary Wing Aviator, Ranger Course, Jumpmaster Course, OH-58D Armored Aircraft Qualification Course, Aviation Captains Career Course, OH-58D Armored Maintenance Manager Course, Army Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, UH-60 Aviator Qualification Course and Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.