Ambassador Ronald E.  Neumann was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 15 August 1968. His first duty assignment was as Staff Officer, 91st Psychological Operations, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, Company D, 1/11th, 5th Mechanized Division, Quang Tri, Vietnam; Vice Consulate, American Embassy, Dakar, Senegal; Consul, American Consulate, Tabriz, Iran; Staff Aide to Assistant Secretary for Middle East, State Department, Washington, D.C.; Jordan Desk Officer, State Department, Washington D.C.; Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy , Sanaa, North Yemen; Deputy Director, Arabian Peninsula Office, State Department, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Director for Iran and Iraq, State Department, Washington, D.C.; American Ambassador, American Embassy, Algiers, Algeria.