Major General Ralph G. Wooten was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 29 July 1968. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer of Company B, 7th Student Battalion. | His subsequent duty assignment include: Platoon Leader and Battalion Adjutant, 1st Battalion, 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Assistant S-3 Officer, 3d Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Special Projects Officer, 3d Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Chemical Officer S-4, Division Artillery, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Special Projects Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;  Commander, 14th Chemical Detachment CBR Element, Commander, B Company, 782d Maintenance Battalion, and Division Chemical Officer, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Mechanical Maintenance Officer, Combat Support Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment Maintenance, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, Combat Support Battalion, Forward Support Company, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Nuclear, Biological Chemical Instructor, 1st Battalion, School Brigade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Branch Chief, C/A Branch NBC, 1st Battalion, School Brigade, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Assistant Director, 3d Battalion, School Brigade, Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland; Maintenance Management Officer, Assistant Division Materiel Management Officer, and  Commander, Materiel  Management Center, 3d Armored Division, Frankfurt, Germany; Advisor, RGN Redstone, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama; Deputy Director, Research, Development, and Engineering (RDE) Support Directorate and Chief of Staff, Chemical RDE Center, APG, MD; Logistics Planning Officer, Assistant Chief of Staff, G4, III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion Commander, 2d Chemical Battalion, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, Army Environmental Center, APG, MD; Joint Program Manager, Biological Defense, Falls Church Virginia; and Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Chemical and Military Police Centers and Fort McClellan, Alabama; Commanding General and  Commandant of the United States Army Chemical School.