Major General Paul M. Timmerberg was commissioned a Military Police Corps Officer from Officer Candidate School 4 March 1949. His first duty assignment was as Company Officer, Headquarters Company, United States Army Military Police School, Fort Gordon, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Officer, Company A, 720th Military Police Battalion, U.S. Army Far East, Tokyo, Japan; Assistant S-3, Headquarters Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, U.S. Army Far East, Tokyo, Japan; Operations Officer, Provost Marshall Officer, New York Port of Embarkation, Brooklyn, New York; S-3, 1st Battalion, 365th Infantry Regiment, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Company Commander, 529th Military Police Company, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; Instructor and Director, Plans and Programs, U.S. Army Military Police School, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Assignment Staff Officer and Executive Officer, Military Police Branch, Office of Personnel Operations, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Provost Marshall, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army Vietnam; Battalion Commander, 518th Military Police Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Group Commander, 7th Military Police Group, Fort Hood, Texas; Group Commander, 89th Military Police Group, U.S. Army Vietnam; Brigade Commander and Provost Marshall, 18th Military Police Brigade, U.S. Army Vietnam; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, U.S. Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Provost Marshall, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; Brigade Commander, 15th Military Police Brigade, U.S. Army Europe, Mannheim, Germany; Community Commander, Mannheim U.S. Community, Mannheim, Germany; and Major Command Commander, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Falls Church, Virginia.