Colonel Roger Lynn King was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 01-79, 7 December 1978. His first duty assignment was as Mortar Platoon Leader, Company B, 1st battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Leader/ Executive Officer, Company B, 1st battalion, 506th Infantry, Fort Campbell Kentucky; Public Affairs Officer, Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Squad Tactics Chief, Infantry Training Group, Fort Benning, Georgia; Company Commander, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia; Infantry Team Chief, Readiness Group-Seneca, Seneca Army Depot, New York; Public Affairs Officer, 2nd Armored Division (Forward), Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Garlstedt, Germany; Executive Officer, 3rd battalion, 15th Infantry, Fort Stewart, Georgia; Deputy G-4/ G-5, 29th Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Stewart, Georgia, and Kuwait; Public Affairs Officer, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting, Camp Smith, Hawaii; Chief of Staff, 1st Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support), Houston Texas; Chief of Public Affairs, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.