Colonel Edward Daily, Jr. was commissioned a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate Reserve Class 2-78, 25 September 1978. His first duty assignment was as Fire Support Team Chief, Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion 104th Field Artillery, 42d Division Artillery, 42d Infantry Division, Jamaica, New York. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Fire Direction Officer, Executive Officer, Battery A; Commander, Battery C, 2d Battalion 104th Field Artillery, 42d Division of Artillery, 42d Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard; Commander, Battery A, 2d Battalion 104th Field Artillery, 42d Division Artillery, 42d Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard; Assistant S-3, 2d Battalion 75th Field Artillery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army; Assistant S-3, 3d Armored Division of Artillery, 3d Armored Division, V Corps, U.S. Army Europe; Reserve Component Assistant Professor of Military Science, Campbell University, Carolina Brigade, First Region Reserve Officer Training Corps, U.S. Army Cadet Command; Overseas Deployment Training Manager, Southern Command Theater; Chief, Programs Section and Chief, Exercise Branch, Operations Division, National Guard Bureau; Assistant Chief of Staff-National Guard, First Region (Reserve Officers Training Corps), U.S. Army Cadet Command; Deputy Chief, Operations Division, National Guard Bureau; Special Assistant, National Guard & Reserve Affairs, Directorate for Operational Plans & Interoperability (J-7), Joint Staff.