Colonel Douglas L. Victor was commissioned as an Engineer Officer upon graduation from the Officer Candidate School Class 1-86, 21 February 1986. Colonel Victor's first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, Company B, 41 ,1 Engineer Battalion, 10lh Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Executive Officer, Company B 41" Engineer Battalion, Fort Drum, NY; Assistant Brigade Engineer, 41 " Engineer Battalion, Fort Drum, NY; Assistant Division Engineer Liaison Officer, 3261h Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Operations Desert Shield/Storm; Assistant Battalion S-3, 3261h Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Company Commander, Company A 3261h Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Engineer Observer/Controller, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana; Tactics Instructor, Directorate of Training, U.S. Army Engineer School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Force XXI Project Officer, Directorate of Training, U.S. Army Engineer School, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Assistant Division Engineer, 41 " Engineer Battal ion, Fort Drum, New York and Operation Joint Forge; Battalion Executive Officer, 41,1 Engineer Battalion, Fort Drum, New York; Engineer Staff Officer, Joint Command Center, Allied Command Europe, NATO, Heidelberg, Germany; Battalion Commander, 1-3 Brigade Troops Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; Engineer and Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Organizational Integrator, Force Management Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/517, HODA, The Pentagon, Washington D.C.; Division Chief, Office of Institutional Army Adaptation, Force Management Directorate, D.C.S G-3/5/7, HODA, The Pentagon, Washington D.C.; Division Chief, Force Management and Integration Division, Force Management Directorate, D.C.S G-3/5/7, HODA, The Pentagon, Washington D.C.; Division Chief, Force Management Directorate, D.C.S G-3/5/7, HODA, Pentagon, in Washington D.C. | Colonel Victor's military awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (40LC), Army Commendation Medal (40LC), Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze stars, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, NATO Medal, Saudi-Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Army Superior Unit Award, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab, Sapper Tab, Army Staff Identification Badge and Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal.