Colonel Stevenson M. Wallace was commissioned a Military Intelligence Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-82, 16 April 1982. His first assignment was as Special Operations Targeting Officer, G-2, 1st Special Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion Intelligence Officer, 1/7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Directorate of Intelligence-Middle East, Office of Military Support, Washington, D.C.; Operations Officer, D Troop, Operations Squadron, Office of Military Support, Washington, D.C.; Operations Analyst, Tactical Analysis Team, Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Embassy, Bogota, Colombia; Executive Officer, Crisis Action Team, Colombia; J-2, Southcom, Miami, Florida; Assistant Army Attaché, Defense Attaché Office, U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, Congo; Team Leader, Force Protection/Operations Security, Defense Intelligence Agency, Balkans Project; U.S. Army Attaché, Defense Attaché Office, U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, Congo; Defense Liaison Officer, Defense Attaché Office, Accra, Ghana; Defense Liaison Officer, Defense Attaché Office, Nairobi, Kenya; and Interagency Liaison Officer, Multinational Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq. | Colonel Wallace's awards and decorations include: Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze service stars, National Defense Service Medal w/ bronze service star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab, Honduran Parachutist Wings and Canadian Parachutist Wings. | At the time of his induction, Colonel Wallace was serving as a Political-Military Officer, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. in a civilian capacity and as a U.S. Army Reservist serving as Staff Officer, Joint Reserve Augmentation Detachment/Joint Intelligence Community Staff, Washington, D.C.