Jimmy C. Banks

Colonel Jimmy C. Banks was commissioned an Infantry Officer from Officer Candidate School 20 December 1968. His first duty assignment was as Operations Officer, Seventh Army Training Center, Hohenfels, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Operations Officer, 19th Battalion, 5th Training Brigade, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Company Commander, Company B, 19th Battalion, 5th Training Brigade, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Executive Officer, 12th Battalion, 5th Training Brigade, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Operations Officer, U.S. Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama; Company Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry, Camp Hovey, Korea; Battalion S-3, 5th Battalion, 33rd Armor, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Operations Officer XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Executive Officer 2d Battalion, 505th Infantry (ABN), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Operations Division, U.S. Army Western Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Commander 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry, Camp Hovey, Korea; Deputy Director, Fire Support and Combined Arms Department, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and Plans and Policy Officer, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.