Colonel David L. Kyle was commissioned an Infantry Officer from Officer Candidate School 16 June 1965. His first duty assignment was as Training Officer, 145th Aviation Company, 45th Infantry Division, Norman, Oklahoma. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Pilot, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division, Pleiku, Republic of Vietnam; Flight Commander, Primary Helicopter School, Fort Wolters, Texas; Assistant Brigade S-3, 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Company Commander, 2d Battalion, 66th Armor, 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Troop Commander/Executive Officer, 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 2d Infantry Division, Camp Rice, Korea; Troop Commander, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 6th Cavalry Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; Inspector General, 13th Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion Commander, 2d Battalion, 4th Aviation, 8th Infantry Division, Mainz, Germany; and Battalion Commander, Dallas Recruiting Battalion, USAREC, Dallas, Texas; Deputy Community Commander, Wiesbaden, Germany.