Colonel Preston L. Funkhouser III was commissioned a Military Intelligence Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 7 March 1967. His first duty assignment was as the District Intelligence Advisor, Advisory Team 66, IV Corps, Republic of Vietnam. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Operations Officer, San Francisco Field Officer, 115th Military Intelligence Group, San Francisco, California; Section Chief and Battalion S-2, 163d Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; S-2/S-3 Advisor, Advisory Team 75, IV Corps, Soc Trang, Vietnam; Security Officer, Headquarters 5th Signal Command, Swetzingen, Germany; Company Commander, 12th Signal Group, 5th Signal Command, Worms, Germany; Field Office Commander, Giessen Field Office, 165th Military Intelligence Battalion, Giessen, Germany; Brigade S-2, 3d Brigade, 3d Armored Division, Kirchgoens, Germany; Assistant Professor of Military Science, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idahos Terrorism Policy Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Pentagon; Director, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape/Anti-Terrorism Training Department, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Intelligence Chief, Combat Support Coordination Team, 1st Republic of Korea Army Headquarters, Wonju, Korea; Commander, 8th U.S. Army Tunnel Neutralization Team, Seoul, Korea; and U.S. Army Attache, U.S. Embassy, Oslo, Norway.