Brigadier General Dallas W. Fanning was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 18-70, 13 August 1970. His first duty assignment was as Weapons Instructor, Basic Combat Training Committee Group, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignment include: Platoon Leader, 515th Transportation Company, Republic South Vietnam; Platoon Leader, 805t11 Transportation Company, Systems Control Officer, and later served as the Technical Control Officer, Multi-channel Platoon Leader, Detachment Commander (Detachment 1, A Company), Battalion S-4 for the Headquarters Company, D Company Commander, and A Company Commander, 279111 Signal Battalion, Alabama Army National Guard; Audio Visual Operations Officer, Automation Data Processing System Officer, Telephone Digital Communications Officer, and Assistant Systems Control Officer, Headquarters, 142nd Signal Brigade, Alabama Army National Guard; Battalion S-3, and later served as Executive Officer, and Battalion Commander, Headquarters, 279'1' Signal Battalion, Alabama Army National Guard; Brigade S-3, and later served as Assistant CORPS Signal Officer, 142d Signal Brigade, Alabama Army National Guard; Commander, Detachment 3 (DOR), State Area Command, Alabama Army National Guard; Brigade Commander, Headquarters 142d Signal Brigade, City of Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama.