The Honorable Robert E. Burke was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 19-66 in December 1966. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea. From February 1998 to January 1969 he was assigned to Headquarters, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Computer Programmer, Civilian Payroll System Office, Department of the Army, Washington District of Columbia; Chief of the Executive Software Division, Computer System Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Director of Military Pay Policy and Systems Organizations, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana; Deputy Director for Systems, Defense Information Technology Services Organization, Denver Colorado; Director of the Financial Systems Organization, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana; Deputy Director, Information Management, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Arlington, Virginia.