Brigadier General Chambers was commissioned an Air Defense Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 1-79, 22 February 1979. His first duty assignment was as Redeye Section Leader, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 6th Cavalry Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: S-4, later Commander, 475th Light/Medium Transportation Company, later Commander, A Company, 193rd Support Battalion, 193rd Infantry Brigade, Fort Clayton, Panama; Supply Field Service Operations Officer, 324th Support Group, 193rd Infantry Brigade, Fort Clayton, Panama; Space Concepts Analyst, United States Army Space Institute, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Transportation Officer, F-4, 3rd Infantry Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Plans Officer, VII Corps and OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Saudi Arabia; S-2/S-3, later Executive Officer, 703rd Main Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Transportation Staff Officer, Operations and Logistics Directorate, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Commander, 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Commander, 7th Transportation Group, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Chief, Maintenance Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Commander, 7th Corps Support Group, V Corps, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, United States Army, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq; Director of Center for Logistics Readiness, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C. | His military awards include: Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster).