Colonel Richard A. Enderle was commissioned a Transportation Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 5-79, 18 January 1980. His first duty assignment was as Maintenance Platoon Leader, Bravo Company, 159th Aviation, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. | His subsequent assignments include: Shop Platoon Leader, 507th Transportation (AVIM), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Executive Officer, 507th Transportation (AVIM), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Aviation Combat Developer, Army Aviation Logistics School, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Company Commander, Alpha company, 1/222nd Aviation, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Maintenance Platoon Leader, Delta Company, TF 160, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Battalion Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 160th SOAR, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Company Commander, Delta Company, 2/160 SOAR, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Rotary Wing Logistician, J4 USSOCOM, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Florida;  Director of Training, Army Aviation Logistics School, Fort Eustis, Virginia;  Battalion Commander, 7-159th Aviation Regiment, Illesheim, Germany; Deputy Brigade Commander, 7th Corps Support Group, Bamberg, Germany; Commandant, Warrant Officer Career Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama.