Brigadier General Willie B. Nance, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 18-69, 12 May 1969. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry, Camp Custer, Korea. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Recon Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry, Camp Dodge, Korea; Battalion S-3 Air Officer, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry, Camp Custer, Korea; Instructor, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Communications Officer, Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 2d Battalion, 48th Infantry, Gelnhausen, Germany; Company Commander, CSC, 2d Battalion, 48th Infantry, Gelnhausen, Germany; Battalion Adjutant, 2d Battalion, 48th Infantry, Gelnhausen, Germany; Chief, Support and Training Branch, RSA Support Activity, Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Assistant PM Logistics, Assistant PM Applications, Assistant PM Readiness, TOW-DRAGON Project Office, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Executive Officer, Commanding General, DARCOM, Europe, Seckenheim, Germany; Staff Officer, Missile Air Defense Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research & Development Agency, Pentagon; Product Manager, Bradley Fighting Vehicle TOW2, Project Executive Office (PEO), Fire Support, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Professor of Systems Acquisition Management, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; BAT Project Manager, PEO Tactical Missiles, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Army TACMS-BAT Project Manager, PEO Tactical Missiles, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (SSD.C), Huntsville, Alabama; Program Executive Officer, Tactical Missiles, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.