Colonel Edward G. Moore, Jr. was commissioned as an Infantry Officer from Officer Candidate School 17 February 1967. His first duty assignment was as Commanding Officer, A Company, 1st Battalion, The School Brigade, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. | His subsequent duty assignments include:  Operations/ Intelligence Officer, S-2/S-3 Engineer School Brigade, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Rifle Platoon Leader, D Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Commanding Officer, D Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam; Operations Officer, Headquarters, U.S. Army Vietnam, Vietnam; Tactics Instructor, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia; Chief, United States-Turkish Liaison and Foreign Military Sales Officer, Joint United States Mission for Aid to Turkey, Ankara, Turkey; Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Foreign Area Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.; Army Attache, United States Embassy, Ankara, Turkey; and Political-Military Planner, The Joint Staff (J5), Washington, D.C.; Deputy Director for Intelligence, National Military Intelligence Center, Directorate of Joint Staff Support (J-2), Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.