Brigadier General Thomas A. Wessels was commissioned a Signal Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 15 August 1968. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, Signal Advanced Individual Training Company, Fort Gordon, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: XO, Signal Group Coltano, Italy; S-4, Signal Group, Camp Darby, Italy; Operations Officer, Logistics Command, Augusta, Georgia; Operations Officer, 1129th Training Command, Augusta, Georgia; Operations Officer, 1130th Training Command Brigade, Jacksonville, Florida; Action Officer, Mobilization Designee Emergency Government, Jacksonville, Florida and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Mobilization Officer, 84th Division Training, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Acting Inspector General, 81st U.S. Army Reserve Command, East Point, Georgia; Chief of Staff, 335th Signal Command, East Point, Georgia, Commander, Special Troops Battalion, 335th Signal Command, East Point, Georgia; Commander, 324th Signal Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Defense Communications Systems Plans, 335th Signal Command, East Point, Georgia; Deputy Commanding General, 335th Signal Command, East Point, Georgia.