Colonel Stephen Charles Engelking was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 3-66, 18 March 1966. His first duty assignment was as Training Officer, Company D, 1st Battalion, 3d Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company C, 4th Battalion, 503d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade, Vietnam; Commander, Company D and Company F, 2d Battalion, 3d Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri  Executive Officer, 2d Battalion, 3d Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Commander, Company A, 173d Support Battalion, 173d Airborne Brigade, Vietnam; Operations Officer and Adjutant, 173d Support Battalion, 173d Airborne Brigade, Vietnam; Chief, Enlisted Personnel Branch and Chief Personnel Management Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Company United States Army, Element, Field Command, Defense Atomic Support Agency, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Personnel Staff Officer, Army Readiness Region IV, 121st Army Reserve Command, Birmingham, Alabama; Chief, Customer Service Evaluation Branch, Assistant to Director, Services Division, Chief Military Clothing Sales Branch and Assistant to Director, Merchandising Division, Army Air Force Exchange Service-Europe, Munich, Germany; Director, Personnel and Community Activity, United States Military Community Activity, Munich, Germany;  Chief, Appointments, Removal and Transfer Division, and Director, Personnel Services Directorate, Reserve Components Personnel Administration Center, St. Louis, Missouri; Director, Personnel and Community Activities, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; Director of Operations and Director of Training and Doctrine, United States Army Soldier Support Center, United States Soldier Support Institute, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. | Colonel Engelking is a graduate of the Airborne Course, Adjutant General Officers Advance Course, Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College. | His military awards include: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Custers, Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal 4 awards w/ V device, Meritorious Unit Citation w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct; Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon w/ Numeral 2, Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ Silver Star, Parachutist Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge and Expert Infantryman Badge.