Colonel Robert P. Reddy was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 38-67, 3 July 1967. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company C, 2d Battalion, 9th Infantry Division. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Deputy G1, 82d Airborne Division; Deputy Advisor, 1st Military Region, Vietnam; Observer, 4 Party Joint Military Commission, Vietnam; Commander, B Company, 2d Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division; Area Commander, Wilkes Barre Area, U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC); Project Officer, Training Directorate, Office of the Chief Staff - Operations, U.S. Army; Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 54th Infantry, 1st Armored Division; Secretary of the General Staff, Headquarters, Department of the Army; Commander, 2d Battalion, 26th  Infantry; Director, Devices Management, Army Training Support Center; Assistant Director, Advanced Distributed Simulation, Advanced Research Projects Agency; Assistant Director, Small Unit Operations, Defense Advanced Research Products Agency; Director, Warfighter XXI Directorate; Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Training (OD.C.ST), Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC); Commander, Army Training Support Center (ATSC), Fort Monroe, Virginia.