Colonel Robert W Mooty was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 03-76, 20 April 1976. His first duty assignment was a Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Battalion Support Platoon Leader, C Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Individual Ready Reserve Commander, Detachment A, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 11th Special Forces, Tampa Florida; S-2, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 11th Special Forces, Tampa Florida; S-3, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 11th Special Forces, Tampa Florida; Ground Operations Officer, J-3, Specials Operations Command Central, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Chief of Plans, J-3, Specials Operations Command Central, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Exercise Director for Jordan and Bahrain, J-3, Specials Operations Command Central, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Exercise Director for Arabian Gulf, J-3, Specials Operations Command Central, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Joint Operations Center Chief,J-3, Joint Forces Special Operations Command, As Saliyah, Qatar; SOF Representative, Crisis Action Center, Central Command MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Exercise Director/Planner, INTERNAL LOOK 03, LUCKY WARRIOR 03-02.