Colonel Robert B. Green was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 2-79, 13 April 1979. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, Operational Detachment – Alpha 511, 1st Bn, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commander, ODA 511, 1st Bn, 5th SFG(A) and Assistant S-3 (USAR-Mobilization Designee) 5th SFG(A), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Assistant Chief (USAR-MOBDES) Special Forces Waterborne Operations Division and Executive Officer (USAR-Individual Mobilization Augmentee) C Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Special Warfare Training Group, Key West, Florida; Assistant S-3 (USAR-IMA), Joint Exercise Deployment Det, Alexandria, Virginia; Assistant Chief – Ground Ops (USAR-IMA) and Chief – Current Ops (USAR-IMA), Special Operations Command-Atlantic Command, Norfolk, Virginia; Chief – Future Ops and Plans (USAR-IMA), Special Operations Command – Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Reserve Affairs, Department of the Air Force, The Pentagon;  J3 – Director of Operations (Active Duty), SOCJFCOM, Norfolk, Virginia; Joint Fires Element Director (Active Duty), Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – West, Iraq; Assistant Chief of Staff (Active Duty), United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | Colonel Green's military awards and decorations include: the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Joint Service Achievement Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal with Star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with “M” Device, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Master Parachutist Badge, Combat Diver Badge, Pathfinder Badge, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab and Greek Parachutist Badge.