Colonel James H. Youngquist was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 17-71, 9 July 1971. His first duty assignment was as Group Assistant Operations Officer, Headquarters, 95th Civil Affairs Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant Protocol Office, Headquarters, U.S. Army Ryukyu Islands/U.S. Army Base Command, Okinawa, Japan; Company Commander, U.S. Army Garrison, Yakima Firing Center, Yakima, Washington; Battalion Liaison Officer, Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, The Old Guard, Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Battalion Personnel Officer, Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, The Old Guard, Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Controller, EMPIRE GLACIER Exercise, Fort Drum, New York; Psychological Operations  Officer-in-Charge, 19th Tactical Psychological Operations Company, Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Assistant Brigade S-1, Headquarters, 205th Infantry Brigade, Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Deputy Chief, Strength Management, Headquarters, 88th U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Acting Chief, Strength Management; Headquarters, 88th U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Snelling, Minnesota; Chief, Plans and Policy, Strength Management, Headquarters, Fourth U.S. Army, Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Executive Officer/Budget Analyst, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, Fourth U.S. Army, Fort Sheridan, Illinois; U.S. Army Reserve Training and Plans Officer, Headquarters, U.S. Army Japan/IX Corps, Camp Zama, Japan; Senior U.S. Army Reserve Advisor, Headquarters, U.S. Army Japan/IX Corps, Camp Zama, Japan; Chief, Strength Programs Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Atlanta, Georgia; Army War College Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; U.S. Army Reserve Operations Research Analyst, Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Washington, D.C.; Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (Mobilization and Reserve Affairs), Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.