Captain Robert H. Jackson III was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 59-67, 12 October 1967. His first duty assignment was as Training Officer, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Basic Combat Training Brigade, United States Army Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. | His Subsequent duty assignments include: Executive officer, Special Forces Operational Detachment A-404th and A-402d, 5th Special Forces Airborne, Republic of Vietnam; Executive Officer, A Company, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California; commissioned an ensign from the U.S. Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School 31 May 1974, Pensacola, FL; Deck Division Officer, USS Caloosahatchee, Norfolk, Virginia; Assistant 1st Lieutenant, USS San Diego, Norfolk, Virginia; Assistant Supply Officer, USS Detroit, Norfolk, Virginia; Supply Officer USS El Paso, Norfolk, Virginia; Supply Officer, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California; Supply Officer, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty, Port Hueneme, CA; Supply Officer/Comptroller, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan; Supply Officer/Comptroller, Naval District Washington, Washington D.C.; Installation Manager, Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Director, Audit Follow-up/Liaison, Cost Management Division, Naval Inspector General, Washington D.C.