Colonel Charles Verlin Smoot was commissioned a Quartermaster Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 3-64 on 20 March 1964.  His first duty assignment was as Battalion Maintenance Officer, 15th Quartermaster Battalion, Mannheim, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Platoon Leader, Company A, 15th Quartermaster Battalion, Mannheim, Germany;  Commander, Headquarters Company, 115th Supply and Service Battalion, Mannheim, Germany;  Adjutant, 115th Supply and Service Battalion, Mannheim, Germany;  Assistant Chief, Plans and Programs, Vietnam Regional Exchange, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Saigon, Vietnam;  Division Quartermaster Supply Officer, 25th Infantry Division, Cu Chi, Vietnam; Logistics Officer, Headquarters, Army Material Command, Alexandria, Virginia;  Senior Logistics Instructor, Army Logistics Management Center, Fort Lee, Virginia; Chief, Logistics Readiness Office, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany;  Chief, Plans and Operations Division, 3rd Support Command, Frankfurt, Germany; Commander, 19th Material Management Center, Frankfurt, Germany; Division G-4, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky;  Chief, Readiness Division, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, ga;  Chief, Force Modernization and Equipment Division, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, ga;  Chief, Supply and Maintenance Division, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, ga; and Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Second U.S. Army, Fort Gillem, Georgia. | Colonel Charles Verlin Smoot is a graduate of Quartermaster Officer Basic, Unit Mess Administration, Supply Management Officer, Quartermaster Officer Advanced, Army Command and General Staff College, General/Detailed Functional Systems Requirement, Automatic Data Processing for Auditors, and Director of Industrial Operations courses. | His military awards include: Legion of Merit, Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star Medal w/ 3 Clusters, Meritorious Service w/ 2 Clusters, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/ 2 Clusters, and Army Good Conduct Medal.