 CSM Bartelle is the first and only (as of this writing) Signal Soldier to attain the position of Senior Enlisted Leader for a Combatant Command.He served as the United States European Command (USEUCOM) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Senior Enlisted Leader from February 2005 to September 2006.He previously served as the CSM for the 125th Signal Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light) in Hawaii; completed two tours with the 1st Signal Brigade in the Republic of Korea as First Sergeant; a tour with the 32nd Army Air Defense Command; and a tour with V (US) Corps in Germany as Platoon Sergeant.