Colonel Teddy R. Spain was commissioned a Military Police Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 4-78, 7 December 1978. His first duty assignment was as the Assistant Battalion Operations Officer, 503rd Military Police Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, 108th Military Police Company, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Detachment Commander, Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment, 503rd Military Police Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, 21st Military Police Company, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Officer Basic Course Manager, Military Police School Battalion, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Low Intensity Conflict Proponency Officer, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Terrorism Counter Action Operations Officer, U.S. Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Operations Officer, Directorate of Logistics, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Executive Officer, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Operations Officer, Directorate of Custody, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Executive Officer, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Assistant Brigade Operations Officer, 18th Military Police Brigade, Frankfurt, Germany; Battalion Executive Officer, 709th Military Police Battalion, Frankfurt, Germany; Brigade Operations Officer, 18th Military Police Brigade, Mannheim, Germany; Deputy Brigade Commander, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Provost Marshal, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion Commander, 519th Military Police Battalion, Fort Polk, Louisiana; Chief, Command and Tactics Division, Military Police School Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Chief, Force Protection Division, G3, United States Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; and Brigade Commander, 18th Military Police Brigade, Mannheim, Germany and Iraq. | Colonel Spain's military awards and decorations include: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Valorous Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. | He was serving as Program Manager, Wackenhut Services, Incorporated, at the time of his Hall of Fame induction.