Major Dan Turner was commissioned an Officer in 1967 | His subsequent duty assignments include: Airborne Instructor, Jump Training Branch, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Airborne Training Battalion, The School Brigade, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Chief, Ground Training Branch, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Airborne Training Battalion, The School Brigade, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Detachment Commander, SFODA-753, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Deputy Plans Division J3, Joint Task Force - Bravo, Palmerola Air Force Base, Honduras; Battalion Plans Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Senior SFODA Observer Controller, Special Operations Division, Operations Group, Joint Readiness Training Center, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; Special Operations Forces Plans Officer, Special Operations Division, Joint Readiness Training Center - Forward, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Company Commander, Charlie Company (SFODB-390), 3rd Battalion, 3rd  Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Group S3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Chief, Exercise Division, Special Operations Command, South Albrook Air Force Base, Republic of Panama; Garrison Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Quartermaster Aerial Delivery Detachment, 20th Area Support Group, Camp Hialeah, Republic of Korea; Chief, XVIII Airborne Corps Special Operations Coordination Element, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Special Operations Directorate, Combined Joint Task Force 180, Baghram, Afghanistan; Commander, Joint Special Operations Task Force – Horn of Africa, Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command, Camp Lemonier, Djibouti; Special Assistant to the Commanding General, United States Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and J-3, Director of Operations, Special Operations Command Central/Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command, Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.