Colonel Randall W. Cowell was commissioned as an Engineer Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class #1-160, graduating, 10 November 1981. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Training Officer/ Executive Officer, Bravo Co., 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Training Officer/ Executive Officer, Alpha Co, 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Battalion Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Chief Master plans Division for Directorate of Engineering and Housing, 193rd Infantry Brigade(separate), Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone; Battalion Logistics Officer, 124th Signal Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 124th Signal Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Chief Signal Branch, Readiness Group Denver, 6th U.S. Army Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center; CGSC Instructor, U.S. Army Reserve School, Des Moines, Iowa; Detailed Inspector General, 19th Theater Army Area Command, Des Moines, Iowa/Korea; ROTC Instructor, Missouri, Western State College, 95th Div, St. Joseph, Missouri; Installation Officer, Engineer 19th Theater Army Area Command, Des Moines, Iowa/Korea; Battalion Commander, Special Troops Battalion, 19th Theater Support Command, Des Moines, Iowa/Korea; Deputy Chief of Staff, Information Management (G6), 89th Regional Readiness Command, Wichita, Kansas; Director, Communications, Commercialization, 335th Theater Signal Command, Victory Base, Baghdad, Iraq; Deputy Commander, 4th Brigade, 75th Division, Birmingham, Alabama; State Inspector General, Arkansas National Guard North Little Rock, Arkansas. | Colonel Cowell's education and training includes: Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Masters in Computer and Information Resources, Brigade Pre-Command Course, Command and General Staff College, Information Assurance Security Course, Contracting Officers Representative Course, Senior Transportation Officers Qualification Course, Reserve Component Multifunctional Combat Service Support Course, Inspector General Course, Combined Arms and Service Staff School, Communications and Electronics Staff Officer Course, Signal Officers Advanced Course, Battalion Logistics Officer Course, AMEDD Officers Advanced and Basic Courses, and Engineer Officers Basic Course.