Lieutenant General Charles Bell Eichelberger was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 18 January 1957. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Commander, 5th United States Army Security Agency Field Station, Hawaii. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Executive Officer, United States Army garrison, Helemano Military Reservation, Hawaii;  Assistant S-3 (Operations), Company B, 317th United States Army Security Agency Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Unit Training Officer, Company B, 317th United States Army Security Agency Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;  Commander, Company B, 317th United States Army Security Agency Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;  Assistant S-3 (Operations), 317th United States Army Security Agency Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;  Commander, 3d Radio Research Unit, United States Army Security Agency, United States Army Vietnam; S-2/S-3 (Intelligence/Operations) Officer, 3d Radio Research Unit, United States Army Security Agency, United States Army Vietnam;  S-3 (Operations) and later Executive Officer, 313th United States Army Security Agency Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; S-3 (Operations), 313th United States Army Security Agency Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;  Chief Analyst, Intelligence Production Support Section, Heidelberg Detachment, United States Security Agency Special Security Detachment, United States Army Europe;  Operations Officer, Heidelberg Detachment, United States Army Security Agency Special Security Detachment, Unites States Army Europe;  Military Intelligence Officer, United States Army Special Security Group, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, United States Army w/ duty station, Korea;   Instructor, Cryptology, United States Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Maryland;  Commander, 313th Army Security Agency Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;  Deputy Chief and later Deputy Commander, United States Army Pacific Command Crypotologic Support Group, United States Army Security Agency, Hawaii;  Intelligence Officer (Signal Intelligence), Intelligence Division, United States Army Commander in Chief Support Group, Hawaii;  Chief, Operational Analysis Division,  Assistant Deputy for Intelligence,  Duty Director of Operations, and  Assistant Chief, Command and Control Division, United States Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii;  Commander, Field Station Berlin, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Germany; Chief, Intelligence Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Electronic Warfare Division, Office, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, United States Army, Washington, D.C.;  Deputy Commandant, United States Army Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona;  Director for Intelligence, J-2, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida;  Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Washington, D.C.; and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Washington, D.C. | Lieutenant General Charles Bell Eichelberger holds a BS Degree in Law Enforcement and Corrections from the University of Nebraska, and an MS Degree in Education from Pepperdine University. Military schools attended include: The Military Intelligence School, Advanced Course, United States Army Command and General Staff College, and United States Army War College. | His awards and decorations include:  Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Master Parachutist Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge.