Colonel James Robert Culley was commissioned a Medical Service Corps Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class Number 29-69, 55th Company, 5th Student Battalion, 9 September 1969. His first assignment was as Executive Officer, U.S. Army Medical Training Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Ambulance Platoon Leader, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Field Medical Assistant, 11th Combat Aviation Battalion, Phu Loi, Republic of Vietnam; Executive Officer, AMEDD Company B, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington; Company Commander, AMEDD Company B, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington; Executive Officer, Medical Company, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington; Company Commander, Medical Holding Company, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington; Assistant Chief, Patient Administration Division, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington; Student, Student Battalion, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Chief, Patient Administration Division, Bassett Army Hospital, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Chief, Patient Administration Division, Nuernberg Army Hospital, Nuernberg, Germany; Inspector General, Health Services Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Deputy Director, Armed Serviced Medical Regulating Office, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Director, Armed Services Medical Regulating Office, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Deputy Director Medical Benefits, 7th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, OASD (FM&P), The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Commander for Administration, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort Ord, California. | Colonel Culley is a graduate of National Security Managers Course, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1988; Health Care Administration Course, Academy of Health Sciences, 1984; Inspector General Course, 1983; Army Medical Department Officers Advanced Course, Academy of Health Sciences, 1975; Patient Administration Course, Academy of Health Sciences, 1975; Airborne Training, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1970; Army Medical Department Officer Orientation Course, 1969. | His awards and decorations include: Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medical (1st Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medical (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster), Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Ribbon, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Unit Citation, Expert Field Medical Badge, Parachute Badge.