Colonel Danny G. Marler was commissioned a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 1 September 1970. His first duty assignment was as Communications Platoon Leader, Detachment 1, Battery A, First Target Acquisition Battalion, 171st Field Artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Hobart, Oklahoma. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Communications Platoon Leader, Detachment 1, Battery B, First Target Acquisition Battalion, 171st Field Artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Clinton, Oklahoma; Executive Officer, Battery C, First Target Acquisition Battalion, 171st Field artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Kingfisher, Oklahoma; Counterbattery Radar Platoon Leader, Detachment 1, Battery A, First Target Acquisition Battalion, 171st Field Artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Hobart, Oklahoma; Commander, Battery A, First Target Acquisition Battalion, 171st Field Artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Mangum, Oklahoma; Assistant S-3, First Target Acquistion Battalion, 171st Field Artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Altus, Oklahoma; S-l, First Target Acquisition Battalion, 171st Field Artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Altus, Oklahoma; Battalion Motor Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, First Target Acquisition Battalion, 171st Field Artillery, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Altus, Oklahoma; Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Maintenance, Headquarters, State Area Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Commander, 120th Supply and Services Battalion, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Ada, Oklahoma; and Directorate, Supply and Services, Headquarters, State Area Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. | Colonel Marler served as Director of Maintenance, Headquarters, State Area Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, prior to his retirement.