Ambassador Bismarck Myrick was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in March 1966. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader and then Company Commander, Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry, 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, Republic of Korea. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, Company L, 2d Battalion, The School Brigade, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Training Officer, The School Brigade, U.S. Army Signal School, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Company Commander, Company C, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam; Headquarters Commandant, 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam; United States Army Foreign Area Officer, Ethiopia; Instructor and Director of the African Studies Program, School of International Studies, Institute for Military Assistance, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; County Officer, Somalia; Political Officer, Monrovia; Action Officer, Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs; Deputy Director of Policy Plans and Coordination, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs; Consul General, Durbin, South Africa; Consul General, Capetown, South Africa; USAmbassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho.