Colonel Rodger D. Slaughter, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 17 April 1970. His first duty assignment was an A-Team Executive Officer, B Company, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Devens, Massachusetts. | His subsequent duty assignment include: Team Leader, Special Forces Thailand, Camp Narai, Thailand, Team Leader, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Okowanun Japan; Company Commander, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, Fort Riley, Kansas; Company Commander, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Gulick, Panama; United Nations Military Observer, UNTSO, Jerusalem, Israel, Test Officer, United States Army Test Board, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Troop and Squadron Commander, 1st SFOD-D, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Division Chief, DADCSOPS, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Military Group Commander, Bolivia, South Asia; Military Group Commander, Bolivia, South Asia.