Joseph J. Simmons III

Colonel (Promotable) Joseph J. Simmons III was commissioned a Signal Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 15 November 1970. His first duty assignment was as Communications-Electronic Staff Officer, Intelligence and Control Systems Group, Combat Developments Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. | His subsequent assignments include: Platoon Leader, Assistant S2/S3, Battalion Adjutant and, Company Commander, 123rd Signal Battalion, Wurzburg, Germany; Computer Systems Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Plans Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelburg, Germany; Executive Officer, 123rd Signal Battalion, Wurzburg, Germany; Systems Engineer and Automation Date Processing Officer, Directorate of the Army Staff Information Management Office, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Executive Officer, Defense Communications Agency, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 123rd Signal Battalion, Wurzburg, Germany; Commander, 2nd Signal Brigade, Mannheim, Germany; Commander, White House Communications Agency, Washington, D.C.