Daniel French Baker was commissioned a Military Intelligence Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 1-76, Fort Benning, Georgia, 30 January 1976. His first duty assignment was as Officer-In-Charge Detachment I, 201st Army Security Agency Company, Wurzburg, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: OIC, Detachment H, 201st ASA Company, Stuttgart, Germany; Operations Officer, 201st ASA Company, Augsburg, Germany; Senior Instructor/Branch Chief; Nurnberg, Germany; Commander, 502nd Military Intelligence Company, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Nurnberg, Germany and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Deputy Regimental Executive Officer, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Nurnberg, Germany; Commander, 124th Military Intelligence Battalion, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia; Intelligence Coordinator Team Chief, J2, Joint Staff and Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Gordon, Georgia.