Colonel Emil H. Philibosian was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 16-69, 27 April 1969. His first duty assignment was as Detachment Executive Officer, 3rd Special Forces Group, Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent assignments include: Detachment Commander, 52nd Pathfinder Detachment, Pleiku, Republic of Vietnam; Executive Officer, 52nd Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52nd Aviation Battalion (Combat), Pleiku, Republic of Vietnam; Company Commander, C Company, 4th Brigade, 78th Training Division, Edison, New Jersey; Detachment Commander, Training Command, 78th Training Division, Edison, New Jersey; Battalion Commander, 1/78th Battalion, 5th Lanes Brigade, 78th Division, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Battalion Commander, 1/309th Battalion, 2nd Field Exercise Brigade, 78th Division, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Dep (G-3), 78th Field Exercise Division, Edison, New Jersey; Commander, 1079th U.S. Army Garrison Support Unit, Fort Dix, New Jersey.