Colonel Herbert E. Randall was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 5-64, 14 May 1964. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Executive Officer and Commander, Company A, 2d Battalion, 50th Infantry, 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Liaison Officer, Assistant S-3 and S-3, Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, Munich, Germany; Commander, Company C, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam;  S-3 Air, Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam; Action Officer G-1 and Aide-de-Camp, Headquarters, Eighth United States Army, Seoul, Korea; Emergency Actions Officer, Staff Action Officer, Chief, Manpower Management and Special Projects Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, United States Army Europe, Heidelberg, Germany; S-3 and Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, 8th Infantry Division, Baumholder, Germany; Deputy Director, United Sates Army Europe Organization and Operations Analysis Agency, Munich, Germany; Plans Officer, Directorate for Plans and Policy (J-5), Commander-in-Chief Pacific Staff, Camp Smith, Hawaii;  Inspector General, United States Army Garrison, Fort Sam Houston, Texas;  Commander, Headquarters Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Deputy Inspector General, Eighth United States Army, Seoul, Korea; Commander, Combat Support Coordination Team #3, Yongin, Korea; Commander, Battle Staff Team #2 and Team #1, United States Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Airborne Command Post, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Chief, United States Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Airborne Command Post, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. | Colonel Randall served as the Professor of Military Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, following his retirement.