Colonel Charles G. Kelly III was commissioned a Chemical Officer From Officer Candidate School 20 January 1967. His first duty assignment was as S-1, 312th Supply and Service Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Executive Officer, 740th Supply and Service Company, Fort Riley, Kansas; Support Control Officer, 563d Supply Company, Vietnam; Commander, Security Guard Company, Vietnam; Instructor, Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Chemical Officer, 3d Infantry Brigade, Germany;  Commander, 701st Maintenance Company, Germany; Assistant Chief, Quality, Defense Contracting Administration, Chicago, Illinois; Assurance, Services Region; Staff Officer, Headquarters, Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Commander, 267th Chemical Company, Johnston Island; Division Chief, Directorate of Combat Developments, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Division Chemical Officer, 4th Mechanized Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Commander, 101st Ordnance Battalion, Germany; and Corps Chemical Officer, V Corps, Germany; Director, Combat Developments, U.S. Army Chemical School, Fort McClellan, Alabama.