Lieutenant General Daniel Robert Zanini was commissioned as an Armor Officer upon graduating from Officer Candidate School in 1966. His first duty assignment was as an Executive Officer, Bravo Company 4th, Battalion 1st Training Brigade, USArmor Training Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky. | His subsequent assignments include: Commander, Eighth United States Army, Chief of Staff: United States Force Korea, Combined Forces Command, and United Nations Command, Korea; Deputy Chief of Staff, Combat Development TRADOC, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Assistant Division Commander for Maneuver; Chief of Staff, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Executive to the Vice Chief of Staff Army, Department of the Army, Pentagon; Chief of Staff, United States Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Chief of Staff, United Army Military Fellows, Council Foreign Relations, New York, New York; Director of Training, CDR GTA, HHC USAREUR  7th USATNG, Graffenwhr; 3rd Brigade Commander, 1st Armor Division, Bamberg, Germany; 3rd Brigade Commander, 1st Armor Division, Saudi; 1st Brigade Commander, 1st Armor Division, Vilseck; Director, Combat Training Center, United States Combat Arms Training Activity, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Chief, Collective Training Division, United States Combat Arms Training Activity, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Commander, 5th Battalion, 77th Armor, 8th Infantry Division, United States Army Europe, Germany; Executive Officer, 3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Brigade S3, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Military Observer, United States Military Observer Group, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, Lebanon; Battalion S3, 2nd Battalion, 77th Armor, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; Company Commander, 2nd Battalion, 77th Armor, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; Battalion S1, 2nd Battalion, 77th Armor, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; Student, Armor Officer Advanced Course, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Action Officer, Doctrine & Development Command, United States Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky; S1/S4, Senior Advisor Team 46 Vietnam U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Commander, Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Basic Combat Training Brigade Fort Ord, California; Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Charlie Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division, Vietnam.