Billy J. Atkinson

Army Career

  • 2001 to 2005 – Cable System Team Leader, C Co, 124th Signal Battalion, 4ID, Fort Hood, Texas (12-month deployment to Iraq)
  • 2005 – Cable/Wire Systems Section Sergeant, B Co, 307th Signal Battalion, Camp Carrol, South Korea
  • 2005 to 2006 – Operations Noncommissioned Officer, B Co, 307th Signal Battalion, Camp Carrol, South Korea 
  • 2006 – Platoon Sergeant, B Co, 307th Signal Battalion, Camp Carrol, South Korea
  • 2006 to 2007 – Switch Section Chief, 54th Corps Signal Support Company, Fort Hood Texas 
  • 2007 – Platoon Sergeant, 54th Corps Signal Support Company, Fort Hood Texas 
  • 2008 to 2010 – Platoon Sergeant, A Co, 304th Signal Battalion, Camp Humphreys, South Korea 
  • 2010 to 2011 – S3 Plans Noncommission Officer, HHC, 11th Signal Brigade, Fort Huachuca, Arizona 
  • 2011 – S3 Operations Noncommission Officer in Charge, HHC, 11th Signal Brigade, Fort Huachuca, Arizona 
  • 2012 – Joint Network Operations Control Center-Afghanistan Sergeant Major, HHC, 11th Signal Brigade, Afghanistan (10-month deployment) 
  • 2012 to 2013 – First Sergeant, C Co, 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Fort Huachuca, Arizona   
  • 2013 to 2015 – First Sergeant, HHC, 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Fort Huachuca, Arizona   
  • 2015 to 2016 – Operations Noncommission Officer in Charge (Plans and Exercise NCO/Senior Enlisted Advisor/J6 NCOIC), United States Forces Korea, Yongsan, South Korea  
  • 2016 to 2017 – First Sergeant, HHC, 304th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Camp Humphreys, South Korea   
  • 2017 to 2018 – Senior Network Operations Noncommissioned Officer, NETCOM DODIN Fusion Center NCOIC, Fort Huachuca, Arizona 
  • 2018 to 2019 – Student, United States Army Sergeants Major Course (Class 69), Fort Bliss, Texas
  • 2019 to 2020 – Student, United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Fellowship Program, Fort Bliss, Texas 
  • 2020 to 2023 – Instructor, United States Army Sergeants Major Course, Department of Force Management, Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Present – Command Sergeant Major, 51st Expeditionary Signal Battalion – Enhanced

2006 NCO of the Year Competition

HHC COR 2017
Farewell Video 2010