Colonel Charles W. Hendrix was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2, 14 April 1959. His first duty assignment was as Weapons Instructor, United States Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Company Commander, 8th Infantry Division, Germany; Company Commander, Battalion Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion Airborne, 325th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Infantry Advisor, Advisory Team 40, Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam; Operations Officer, Alternate National Military Command Center, Organization of the Joint Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C.; Operations Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (J-3), Headquarters, U.S. Army Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam; Brigade Executive Officer, 5th Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Battalion Commander, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Tactics Instructor, Departments of Tactics, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Director of Academics, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.