Colonel Michael G. Carkhuff was commissioned Adjutant General Corps Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 5 October 1966. His first duty assignment was as Chief, Administrative Services Branch, Headquarters, Fort MacArthur, California. | His subsequent duty assignments include: S1, Headquarters, 34th General Support Group, Tan Son Whut, Vietnam; Instructor, United States Army Adjutant General School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Chief, Personnel Management Branch, Adjutant General, Fort Ord, California;  Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Adjutant General, First Region Assistant Command, Danang, Vietnam;  S1 and S4, Jackson District Recruiting Command, Jackson, Mississippi; Chief, Personnel Services Division, Adjutant General, 25th Infantry Division, Hawaii; Personnel Management Officer, United States Army Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Executive Officer/Chief of Staff, Joint Analysis Directorate, Officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 436 Adjutant General Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Chief, Strength Management Division, Officer of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, Sixth United States Army and Presidio of San Francisco, Presidio of San Francisco, California; and Chief, Base Realignment and Closure Officer, Headquarters, Sixth United States Army and Presidio of San Francisco, Presidio of  San Francisco, California.