Colonel Charles E. Woodbury was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Military Intelligence upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 504-68, 2 June 1968. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader and staff officer with 4/23 Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Liaison Officer, Fort Holabird, Maryland; U.S. Army Intelligence Command, Intelligence Officer, Baltimore, Maryland; Company B, 826th MI Battalion, Operations Officer, Owings Mills, Maryland; 331st MI Company, Commander, Wilmington, Delaware; 360th PSYOPS Company, Security Officer (S2), Washington, D.C.; 5th PSYOP Group, Personnel Officer (S1) Washington, D.C.; 5th PSYOP Group, Executive Officer, Washington D.C.; 439th MI Detachment, Commander, Washington, D.C. 404th MI Detachment.