Lieutenant General James M. Link was commissioned an Ordnance Officer upon graduation from Ordnance Officer Candidate School, 7 December 1967. His first duty assignment was as a Mechanical Maintenance Officer, Company A, 782d Maintenance Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Platoon Leader, Company A, 782d Maintenance Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Technical Supply Officer, later Commander, Company D (Maintenance), 173d Support Battalion (Airborne), 173d Airborne Brigade, United States Army, Vietnam; Supply Officer, Headquarters, United States Army Hawaii, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; S-4, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Hawaii; Logistic Systems Officer, United States Army Logistics Control Activity, Presidio of San Francisco, California; Staff Officer, Supply Policy Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, United States Army, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 194th Maintenance Battalion, 19th Support Command, Eighth United States Army, Korea; Chief, Ordnance Branch, United States Army Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Director, Materiel Management Directorate, United States Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Acting Director, later Deputy Director, Missile Logistics Center, United States Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Commander, 16th Corps Support Group, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Commander, 16th Corps support Group, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany and Operations DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, Saudi Arabia; Deputy Commander for Training Development, United States Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, Virginia; Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Deputy Commander, 21st Theater Army Area Command, United States Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; Commanding General, United States Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Chief of Staff, United States Army Materiel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command, Alexandria, Virginia.