Colonel Robert H. Wedinger was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 26 May 1956, Class Number 52. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company H, 2d Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, Eielsen Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commanding Officer, Company B, 1st Battle Group, 2d Infantry Division, AL; Commanding Officer, Company L, 4th Infantry Regiment, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Executive Officer, TPC, 1st Squadron, 101st Cavalry NY ARNG; Commanding Officer, TPC/TPD, 1st Squadron, 101st Cavalry NY ARNG; S-3/Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry NY ARNG; S-3/Executive Officer, 2d Brigade, 42d Infantry Division, NY ARNG; Commanding Officer, 1st Squadron, 101st Cavalry, 42d Infantry Division, NY ARNG; G-3, 42d Infantry Division, NY ARNG; Commanding Officer, LST Bde, 42d Infantry Division, NY ARNG; and Commanding Officer, 187th Signal Group, NY ARNG.