Colonel Joseph P. Manning was commissioned an Air Defense Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 3-75, 20 May 1975. His first duty assignment was as Vulcan Platoon Leader, 3d Battalion, 4th ADA Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent assignments include: REDEYE Section Leader, 1st Bn, 325th Infantry (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Bn S4, 1st Bn, 325th Infantry (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Direct Support Officer, 785d Maintenance Bn (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, 614th Maintenance Company, Nellingen, Germany; S3, 71st Maintenance Bn, COSCOM, Nellingen, Germany; Assistant Log Plans Officer, 2d COSCOM, VII Corps, Nellingen, Germany; Instructor, U.S. Army Ordinance Center, Aberdeen, Maryland; Bn Executive Officer, U.S. Army Ordinance Center, Aberdeen, Maryland; Career Programs Officer, U.S. Army Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Military Education Officer, U.S. Army Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Secretary, General Staff, U.S. Army Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Bn Executive Officer, 3d Support Bn, 3d ID, Kitzingen, Germany; Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, G4, 3d ID, Wuerzburg, Germany; Logistics Instructor, U.S. Army Command and General Staff, Leavenworth, KS; Bn Commander, 541st Maintenance Bn, Fort Riley, Kansas; Deputy Assistant PM, Saudi Arabian National Guard Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. | Colonel Manning was a student at the United States Army War College at the time of his induction.