Ernest Winfield Moore

Colonel Ernest Winfield Moore was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class in August of 1957. His first duty assignment was Instructor, Division faculty, 5th Infantry Division (Training); Indiantown gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader and Assistant Battalion S-3, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Augusburg, Germany;  Unit Advisor, Wyoming Army Reserve, Sheridan, Wyoming; Company Commander and Battalion Executive Officer, 1st Training Regiment, Fort Jackson, South Carolina;  Infantry Advisor, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Iran Kerman & Meshed;  Plans Officer, G3 Section (Plans & Operations, U.S. Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia;  Staff Officer, G3 Section (Plans & Operations, Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein & Jutland, Rendsburg, Germany;  Senior Infantry Instructor, U.S. Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas; Branch and Division Chief, G2 Section (Intelligence), U.S. Army Vietnam, Long Binh, Vietnam; Battalion Commander & Brigade Executive Officer, 3rd Advanced Infantry Training Brigade, Fort Polk, Louisiana;  Manpower Utilization Staff Officer, Assistant Chief of Staff, Force Development, Pentagon, Washington,D.C.; Commander, 3rd Civil Affairs Group (Airborne), U.S. Army Southern Command, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, Panama; and Senior Advisor, 81st Army Reserve Command, Atlanta, Georgia. | Colonel Moore is a graduate of University of Florida (1950); Airborne School (1946);  Infantry School Advanced Course (1957); Command & General Staff Regular Course (1961);  Defense Language Institute-Spanish (1972); Military Assistance Command & Staff Course (1972); and courses in Methods of Instruction, Nuclear Weapons Employment, Special Warfare, Installation Management, Computer Familiarization, Manpower Control and Utilization. | His military awards include: Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Campaigns Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal; General Staff Identification Badge, Parachutist Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge.