Colonel John H. Black was commissioned a Military Intelligence Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 23 August 23 1966. His first duty assignment was as Supply and Motor Officer, 165th Military Intelligence Battalion, Frankfurt, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Border Operations Officer 165th Military Intelligence Battalion, Frankfurt, Germany; Commander, 8th Military Intelligence Company, 8th Infantry Division, Bad Kreunach, Germany; Assistant G2 Plans Officer, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), Hue, Vietnam; Personnel Management Officer, Military Personnel Center, Washington, D.C.; Assistant Professor of Military Science, ROTC Detachment, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho; Plans and Training Officer (S-3), 501st Military Brigade, Camp Coiner, Korea; Chief, Intelligence Concepts Directorate, Combat Development, U.S. Army Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; G2 Plans Officer, I Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington; Chief, All Source Intelligence Center, G2, I Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington; Commander 105th Military Intelligence Battalion, 5th Infantry Division (M), Fort Polk, Louisiana, Director, Training & Doctrine, U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Deputy G2, Third U.S. Army (ARCENT), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Director, Department of Tactics, Intelligence & Military Science, U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.