Colonel Michael T. Eskey was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class RC 1-71, 11 May 1971. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, Detachment 1, Company B, 2d Battalion (Mechanized), 134th Infantry, 67th Infantry Brigade, Nebraska Army National Guard (NeARNG), Auburn, Nebraska. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company B, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 134th Infantry, NeARNG, Norfolk, Nebraska; Battalion Liaison Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 134th Infantry, NeARNG, Omaha, Nebraska; Heavy Mortar Platoon Leader, Service Company, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 134th Infantry, NeARNG, Wahoo, Nebraska; Mortar Platoon Leader, Company A, 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, Tallahassee, Florida; S-3 Air, HHC, 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, Panama City, Florida; Battalion Communications & Electronics Staff Officer and Battalion Motor Officer, HHC, 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 134th Infantry, NeARNG, Omaha, Nebraska; Troop Commander 1-322 Cavalry Squadron, 5th Brigade, NeARNG, Omaha, Nebraska; Maintenance Management Officer, Detachment 1, Troop Command, State Area Command (STARC), Jacksonville, Florida; Battalion Motor Officer and Battalion S-1, HHC, 3d Battalion, 124th Infantry, Panama City, Florida; Operations Research Analyst, Headquarters, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Sheridan, Illinois; Systems Analyst, Army National Guard Recruiting & Retention Command, Washington, D.C.; Army National Guard Operations and Staff Officer, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations & Plans, Washington, D.C.; Programs Branch Chief, Army National Guard Comptroller Directorate, Washington, D.C.; Chief, Strategy & Concepts, Army National Guard Operations, Readiness and Training, Washington, D.C.; Division Chief, Resource Management Division, Operations, Readiness, and Training Directorate, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia.