Colonel Daniel M. Shamanski was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate Schoo 24 August 1964. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commander, Company C, 4th Battalion, 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; Platoon Leader, Company B, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Commander, Company A, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Tactics Instructor, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Commander, Company A, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Assistant G-3, 1st Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Executive Officer, Doctrine and Training Division, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Chief, Officer Assignments, Fort Benning, Georgia; Adjutant, Tactical Signal Battalion, 7th Signal Brigade, Mannheim, Germany; Chief, Army Compassionate Actions, Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Deputy Chief of Staff/Chief of Staff, Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Commanding Officer, Fort Myer, Virginia.