Major General Robert A. Harding was commissioned an Engineer Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class C/1st OCR, 18 April 1969. His first duty assignment was as Intelligence Research Officer, 108th Military Intelligence Group, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commander, Field Office, 502d Military Intelligence Battalion, Eighth United States Army, Korea; Team Leader, 14th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Team Leader, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, Headquarters Company, 1st Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Strategic Intelligence Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.; Intelligence Officer, 1st Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery, 8th Infantry Division, United States Army Europe, Germany; Intelligence Officer, 1st Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, United States Army Europe, Germany; Professional Development Officer, United States Army Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Executive Officer, United States Army Intelligence Operations, Washington, D.C.; Assistant to the Director, Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, Washington, D.C.; Commander, 524th Military Intelligence Battalion (Collection), Eighth United States Army, Korea; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Commander, 902d Military Intelligence Group (Counter Intelligence), Fort George G. Meade, Maryland; Executive Officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, United States Army, Washington, D.C.; Director of Intelligence, (J-2), United States Southern Command, Quarry Heights, Panama.