Burt S. Tackaberry

Brigadier General Burt S. Tackaberry was commissioned as Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 1 August 1969. His first duty assignment as Airborne Infantry Platoon Leader, Company B, 4th Battalion, 325th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, Company B, 4th Battalion, 325th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Rifle Platoon Leader, Company D, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Son Be, Republic of Vietnam; Aide-de-Camp, 1st Cavalry Division, Phouc Vin, Republic of Vietnam; Section Commander, 182d Aviation Company, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Assistant Brigade S-1,  2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Infantry Company Commander, Company B, 3d Battalion, 325th Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Range Branch, Headquarters Company, Headquarters Command, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Assistant G-3, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Steward, Georgia; Battalion S-4, 145th Aviation Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; Company Executive Officer, Company C, 3d Aviation Battalion, 3d Infantry Division, Kitzingen, Federal Republic of Germany; Division Aviation Officer, 1st Infantry  Division, Goppingen, Federal Republic of Germany; Secretary General Staff, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Battalion Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 503d Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Company Commander, Company B, 101st Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Battalion Commander, 123d Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Faculty, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; and Aviation Brigade Commander, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.