Colonel Randell G. Stansfield was commissioned as an Adjutant General Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School class 2-74 at Fort Benning, Georgia on 19 April 1974. His first duty assignment was as a Military Leadership Instructor/Tactical Officer for Officer Basic Course students at U.S. Army Institute of Administration at Fort Harrison, Indiana. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Executive Officer, Aide-de-Camp, Instructor, Troop Command, Fort Harrison, Indiana; Commander, U.S. Army Courier Station, American Embassy, Teheran, Iran; Chief, Personnel Management Branch, 1st ROTC Region, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, 82nd Adjutant General Company, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Personnel Management Branch, Deputy Adjutant General/Executive Officer, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations Officer, 228 Postal Company, Frankfurt, Germany; Commander Regional Personnel Center, Wiesbaden; Adjutant General, 3d Support Command; Executive Officer to Commanding General, Wiesbaden Military Community, Wiesbaden, Germany; Chief, Military Personnel Division, 1st Special Operations Command; Executive Officer to Commanding General U.S. Army Special Operations Command; Chief, Military Personnel Operations, 18th Personnel Group, XVIII Airborne Corps; Division G1/Adjutant General, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Enlisted Career Management Field Branch, Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Battalion Commander, 516th Personnel Services Battalion, 8th Personnel Command, Yongsan, S. Korea; Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel/G1, U.S. Army Pacific Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. | His military education consists of: U.S. Army Basic Training, Officer Candidate School, Basic Airborne Course, Jumpmaster School, Adjutant General Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Military Personnel Officer Course, Basic Maintenance Course, Total Quality Management Course, U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College, Joint Studies Education, Pre-Command Course, U.S. Army War College. | His military awards include: Legion of Merit w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Services Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal w/ Loop, National Defense Service Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Humanitarian Service Medal (2), Overseas and Army Service Ribbons, Master Parachutist Badge, U.S. Army Adjutant General Regimental Awards, Horatio Gates Bronze Medal (2), Horatio Gates Gold Medal Australian and Peruvian Jump Wings, 82nd Airborne Century Wings.