Colonel Edward W. Schwartz was commissioned an Ordnance Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 4-73, 27 April 1973. His first duty assignment was as a Liaison Officer, 1st Infantry Division Support Command, Fort Riley, Kansas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Shop Officer, Company C, 701st Maintenance Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas; Operations Officer, Combat Equipment Battalion West, Landstuhl, Germany; Maintenance Officer, 6th Combat Equipment Company, Landstuhl, Germany; Maintenance Operations Officer, 43rd Support Group, Fort Carson, Colorado; Company Commander, 183rd, Maintenance Company, Fort Carson, Colorado; Materiel Logistics Officer, 68th Transportation Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado; Chief, Maintenance Team, Readiness Group Fort Douglas, Fort Douglas, Utah; Commander, European Redistribution Facility VII, Stuttgart, Germany; Ordnance Organizational Integrator, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Battalion Commander, General Support Center Kaiserslautern, Germany; Chief of Staff, 29th Area Support Group, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Chief, Logistics Division; Defense Information Systems Agency, Falls Church, Virginia; Board Member, Army Review Boards Agency, Arlington, Virginia; Chief of Staff, Army Review Boards Agency, Arlington, Virginia; Director, Military Review Boards Agency, Arlington, Virginia.