Colonel Charles Atkins was commissioned a Military Intelligence Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in December of 1973. His first duty assignment was as an Aviation platoon leader, Aviation Detachment, Panama. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader in Ops Office Company C, Aviation Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bliss, Texas; Company XO, Company B Company Commander, Headquarters 3rd MI Battalion, Camp Humphrey, Korea; Chief, Systems Branch, Company C, USAICS, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Senior Sema Instructor, Company B, USAICS, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, Intel Staff Officer, USA Element OJCS, The Pentagon,Virginia; Assistant G-2, HHC, USAG, Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion Commander, 15th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; Assistant Corps G-2, Headquarters HHC Corps-III, Fort Hood, Texas; D.CSINT/ J-2, JTF Panama, Fort Clayton, Panama; Director, Combat Developments, (RDDI) Company A, 306th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Director, Requirements Development, Determination, Integration (RDDI), Fort Huachuca, Arizona.