Colonel Jesse R. Timmerman, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 20 December 1968. His first duty assignment was as a Tactical Officer, 53d Company, 5th Student Battalion, The Candidate Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Mobile Advisory Team Commander, Advisory Team 72, Vinh Binh, Vietnam; Headquarters Commandant, 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Platoon Commander, Company A, 82nd Aviation Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Flight Operations Officer, Company A, 82nd Aviation Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82nd Aviation Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Division Aviation Officer, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Aero Rifle Platoon Commander, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, Camp Stanley, Korea; S-1, 82nd Combat Aviation Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Aid-de-Camp to the Deputy Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Company C, 82nd Combat Aviation Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Secretary to the General Staff, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations Plans Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel, Washington, D.C.; Executive, Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel, Washington, D.C.; Executive Officer, U.S. Army Intelligence Support Activity, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 2d Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Deputy Corps Aviation Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Deputy Brigade Commander, 18th Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, 6th Aviation Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.