Colonel Michael J. Winslow was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 25 April 1967. His first duty assignment was as Detachment Executive Officer, Operational Detachment A-314, Company A, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Detachment Commander, Company A, 7th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Detachment Executive Officer, A-323, Company A, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, Republic of Vietnam; Operations Officer, Command Liaison Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, Republic of Vietnam; Instructor, Ranger Department, Fort Benning, Georgia; Detachment Executive Officer, Company A, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Supply Officer, Company A, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Supply Officer, 3d Battalion, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Intelligence Officer, 3d Battalion, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Detachment Commander, Company A, 3d Battalion, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Commander, 3d Battalion, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Area Specialist Officer, 35lst Civil Affairs Command, San Francisco, California; and Commander, 3d  Battalion, 12th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces, San Francisco, California; Individual Mobilization Augmentee Special Operations Officer, 4th Special Operations Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.