Colonel Robert M. Edelman was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant from Officer Candidate School, 27 July 1976. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, HHC 2nd Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division. | His subsequent assignments include: Chemical Officer, Headquarters 2nd Brigade; Unit Executive Officer, HHC 102nd Medical Battallion; Battalion Executive Officer, HHC 102nd Medical Battallion; General Medical Officer, 102nd Medical Battallion; S-4, 102nd Medical Battallion; Unit Commander H&S Company 102nd Medical Battallion; Plans and Ops Officer 42nd Infantry DISCOM; S1, 42nd Infantry DISCOM; S1, 107th CSG; S1, 244 Medical Group; Army Chief of Staff, Personnel and Administration 53rd Troop Command; Deputy Chief of Staff, 53rd Troop Command; Chief of Staff, 53rd Troop Command, Valhalla, New York.