Colonel John F. Reynolds was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Fort Benning Officer Candidate School Class 52, 17 April 1964. His first duty assignment was as Section Leader, Davy Crockett Weapons System (Nuke), in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Augsburg, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Executive Officer, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company A, 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment Augsburg, Germany; Company Commander, Company A, 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment Augsburg, Germany; Operations Officer 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, Augsburg, Germany; Assistant Logistics Officer, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Assistant Operations Officer (Air), 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, Republic of Vietnam; Logistics Officer, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, Republic of Vietnam; Assistant Operations Officer (Air) 1st Battalion, 84th Infantry Regiment, 40th Division California Army National Guard, Modesto, California; Training Officer, State Military Academy Nevada Army National Guard, Carson City Nevada; Company Commander, 72nd Military Police Company Nevada Army National Guard, Fallon Nevada; Operations Officer, State Military Academy, Nevada Army National Guard, Reno, Nevada; Assistant Professor of Military Science, Reserve Officer Training Corps University of Nevada, Reno; Operations Officer, Operations DESERT SHIELD-STORM Army National Guard Headquarters Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Staff Action Officer, Force Improvement Branch Readiness Division, Arlington, Virginia; Operations Officer, Mobilization Branch, Readiness Division, Arlington, Virginia; Staff Action Officer, Enlisted Branch, Personnel Programs Division, Army National Guard Headquarters, Arlington, Virginia; Branch Chief, Compensation Determination, Personnel Programs, Division, Army National Guard Headquarters, Arlington, Virginia; Branch Chief, Enlisted Policy, Personnel Programs Division, Army National Guard Headquarters, Arlington, Virginia; Personnel Policy Integrator, Officer Division, Director of Military Personnel and Manpower, Office of the Army; Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Director, Manpower Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Division Chief, Personnel Policy, Programs and Manpower, Army National Guard Headquarters, Crystal City, Virginia. | Colonel Reynolds was serving as the Army National Guard Liaison Officer in the Strategic Human Resource Management Office under the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. at the time of his induction.