Colonel Raymond Lee Bandel was commissioned upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 15-69, 15 April 1969. His first duty assignment was as a Training Officer, 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, D Company, 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Processing Control Officer, U.S. Army Reception Station, Fort Lewis, Washington; Company Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), U.S. Army Reception Station, Fort Lewis, Washington; Mortuary Officer, Headquarters, U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Lewis, Washington; Chief, Reserve Supply Officer and Food Service Officer, U.S. Army Director of Industrial Operations, Support Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Chief, Operations Support Branch, Defense Contract Admission Services Management Area, Director of Logistics Agency (DLA), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Operations and Plans Officer, G4, V Corps, Frankfurt, Germany; Logistics Operations Officer, 142d Supply and Service Battalion, 3d Corps Support Command (COSCOM), V Corps, Wiesbaden, Germany; Chief, General Supply Division and Chief, European Redistribution Facility Task Force, New Cumberland Army Depot, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Battalion Commander, General Supply Depot, Germersheim, Germany; Group Commander, Readiness Group Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota; Commander, Combat Equipment Group, Europe, Mannheim, Germany.