Colonel Charles M. Margetts was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 30 April 1963. His first duty assignment was Executive Officer Special Forces Operational Detachment, A Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Abn), Bountiful, UT. | His subsequent duty assignments include: CPT, Group Assistant S-2, 19th SFG (A), Salt Lake City, UT; MAJ, Group S-3, 19th SFG (A), Salt Lake City, UT; MAJ, Group S-1, 19th SFG (A), Salt Lake City, UT; LTC Dpty Gp Commander, 19th SFG (A), Salt Lake City, UT; LTC, Cmdt, Utah Military Academy, Camp W.G. Williams, UT; State ARNG OCS-NCOA; LTC, Plans, Policy Training, AGR Tour-HQ, USAREUR, ODCSOPS, Officer, Exercise Division, Heidelberg, Germany; COL, Senior Advisor (RC Army) CINC USRED.COM, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. | Colonel Margetts has graduated from Basic Airborne; Special Forces Qualification; Infantry Officer Basic; Jump Master-SF Fort Bragg; Infantry Officer Advanced Course; Combat OPS Specialist-USAF Air Ground Operations School; Command and General Staff College. | His military awards include: Meritorious Service Medal; Army Commendation Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster; National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces Reserve Medal; Novice Senior, and Master Parachutist Badges; and Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.