Brigadier General Uzal W. Ent was commissioned an Infantry officer upon graduation from Fort Riley Officer Candidate School Class AOC 8-49, 4 March 1949. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Platoon Leader, Company B, 27th Infantry Regiment, Camp Sakai, Osaka, Japan. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, Company A, 27th Infantry Regiment, Camp Sakai, Osaka, Japan, then Korea; Rifle Platoon Leader, Rifle Company Commander and Rifle Company Executive Officer, Company C, 27th Infantry Regiment, Korea - Korean War; Assistant G-3, 8th Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Tactics Instructor, Division Tactics Committee, 8th Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Company Commander, 8th Signal Company, 8th Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Rifle Platoon Leader, Company A, 110th Infantry Regiment, Ulm, Germany; Rifle Company Executive Officer, Commander A, 110th Infantry Regiment, Ulm, Germany; Aide to Assistant Division Commander then Commander, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Company Commander, Headquarters Company, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Adjutant and Detachment Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Infantry Division Trains; S-3, Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division Trains, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; S-3, Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division Support Command, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; S-1and Executive Officer, 28th Infantry Division Support Command, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Acting Commander, Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division Support Command, Pennsylvania; Executive Officer, 28th Infantry Division Support Command, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, G-1and G-3, Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; G-1, Chief of Staff, Headquarters, 28th Infantry Division, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.