Colonel Charles William Bickel was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 3-64 Fort Benning, Georgia, 20 March 1964. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, Bravo Company 11th Battalion, 3rd Training Brigade, Fort Knox, Kentucky. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion S1/S3, 11th Battalion, 3rd Training Brigade, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Weapons Section Leader, Troop D, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, Vietnam; Brigade Aviation Officer, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Aschaffenburg, Germany; Battalion S3, 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, Aschaffenburg, Germany; Company Commander, Bravo Company, 2nd Aviation Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; Assistant Professor of Military Science, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Division G5, 3rd Infantry Division, Wurzburg, Germany; Brigade Executive Officer, 56th Field Artillery (Pershing ) Brigade, Schwabish Gmund, Germany; Secretary of General Staff, VII Corps, U.S. Army Europe, Stuggart, Germany; Country Officer, Africa, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bolling Air Force Base, Maryland; Army Attache, Defense Intelligence Agency, Pretoria, South Africa; President, U.S. Army Physical Examination Board, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, D.C. | Colonel Bickel retired from the military and at the time of his induction was employed as an adjunct instructor, Chapman University, Bangor Academic Center, Silverdale, Washington.