Floyd C. Hood, Jr.
Description
Colonel Floyd C. Hood, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 29-69, 9 September 1969. His first duty assignment was as Instructor, Ranger Department, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, 1/506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam; Logistics Officer, Military Assistance Command, Saigon, Vietnam, Detachment Commander, Detachment 7-7, 7th Special Forces Group (SFG), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Comptroller, 7th SFG, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; S-3 Air, 2/325th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, B Company, 2/325th Infantry Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2/325th Infantry Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Training Officer, G-3, Headquarters, 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Project Officer and Chief, European Division, U.S. Army Training Board, Grafenwohr, Germany; Battalion S-3 and Battalion Executive Officer, 2/50th Infantry, 2nd Armored Division, Garlstedt, Germany; Assistant Chief of Staff Resource Management and Chief of Staff, 2nd Support Command, 7th Corps, Nelligen, Germany; Budget Branch Chief, U.S. Army Special Operations Agency, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Washington, D.C.; Operations Officer, G-3, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Director, Resource Management Requirements and Acquisition and Chief of Staff, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Assistant Chief of Staff Resource Management, Headquarters, 5th Corps, U.S. Army, Heidelberg, Germany; Deputy Chief of Staff Resource Management, U.S. Army, Europe (Forward), Kaposvar, Hungary. | Colonel Hood was serving as Director of Resource Management and Logistics, United States Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, at the time of his induction.