Colonel Patrick Devine was commissioned as an Adjutant General Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 16 April 1982. | His subsequent duty assignments were: Assistant Adjutant General, United States Army Infantry Training Group, Fort Benning, Georgia; Military Personnel Office, Executive Officer, 197th Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; Personnel Management Officer, 197'h Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; Company Commander, 46th Adjutant General Battalion, Reception Fort Knox, Kentucky; Post Company Grade, Assignments Officer, USA Armor Center & Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Project Manager Army Enlisted Systems, United States Anny Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Combat Development Officer, Adjutant General School, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Chief, Plans & Integration-Army Field Systems, Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Battalion Commander, 293d Base Support Battalion, Mannheim Military Community, Mannheim, Germany; Division GJ/Installation Adjutant General, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Chief, Personnel Support Division, United States Army Human Resources Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Army Human Resources Systems Program Manager, United States Army Human Resources Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Chief, Concepts Integration Directorate-Soldier Support Institute, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Deputy Commander Soldier Support Institute, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.| Colonel Devine's military education includes: Advanced Individual Training Adjutant General School, Army Pre-Commission Course, Adjutant General Officer Basic Course, Airborne School, Drill Sergeant School, Adjutant General Officer Advanced, Combined Arms and Services Staff School, Command and General College, Adjutant General Pre-Command Course, German Language Command Course, Family Advocacy Staff Training, Europe Base Support Battalion Command Course, United States Army War College, National Security Personnel System Basic Course, National Security Personnel System Management Course.