Colonel Raymond K. Carter, III was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-70, 23 January 1970. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Platoon Leader, 82D Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader, 82D Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Rifle Platoon Leader, 101st Airborne Division, Republic of Vietnam; Troop Commander, 163rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Glasgow, Montana; Detachment Commander, 11th Special Forces Group, Tampa, Florida; Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group, Tampa, Florida; S1/Adjutant, 2nd Army Military Intelligence Command, Fort Gillem, Georgia; Staff Officer, U.S. Army Special Operations Agency, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Mobilization Branch Chief, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Joint Staff Officer, J3 Special Operations Division, Joint Chief of Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operation and Low Intensity Conflict, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. | At the time of his induction Colonel Carter was a Social Studies Teacher and Basketball Coach at Temescal Canyon High School, Lake Elsinore, California.