Colonel Edward M. Harrington was commissioned a Quartermaster Officer upon graduating from Officer Candidate School in 1972. His first duty assignment was as Support Platoon Leader, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam. | His subsequent assignments include: Commander, 259th Field Service Company, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Signal Battalion S4 and Logistics Staff, 5th Signal Command, Germany; S3/Logistics Officer, 45th Support Group, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Production Manager, M1A1 Abrams Tank; Production Manager, Standard Army Maintenance Command, Syracuse, New York; Defense Contract Management District-East, Boston Massachusetts; Procurement Officer, Chief of Staff and Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Army of Research, Development and Acquisition, Army Staff; Professor, Military Science, Worcester Polytechnic, Worcester, Massachusetts.