Colonel Charles D. Childers was commissioned a Military Police Officer upon graduation from the Officer Candidate School Class 3-75, 20 May 1975. His first duty assignment was as Assistant Operations Officer, Fort McPherson, Georgia. | His subsequent assignments include: Company Commander, 525th Military Police Company, Fort McPherson, Georgia; Battalion S-3 & Operations Officer, 19th Military Police Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado; Operations Officer and Brigade Assistant S-3, 8th Military Police Brigade and United States Forces Korea, Provost Marshal Office, Seoul, Korea; Operations and Training Staff Officer, Provost Marshal Office, Headquarters, Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia; Personnel Assignments Officer, Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Battalion Executive Officer and Deputy Provost Marshal, Law Enforcement Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Battalion Commander and Provost Marshal, Law Enforcement Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Director of Training Development, United States Army Military Police School, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Battalion Commander, 7015th Military Police Battalion, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Public Affairs Officer, Headquarters, United States Army Military District of Washington, Fort McNair, Washington D.C. | Colonel Childers retired from the Army in 1999.