Samuel J. Tilden Boone was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-74, 19 April 1974. His first duty assignment was as an Attack Section Commander (Attack Helicopter-1G) Company A, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Section Leader, Company C 4th 77th Assault Field Artillery Battalion (Attack) 101st Airborne (Air Assault); Service Platoon Commander, Co C 4th 77th Assault Field Artillery Battalion (Attack) 101st Airborne (Air Assault); Equal Opportunity Training Officer, Headquarters Company, 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne (Air Assault); VIP Section Leader, 163rd Aviation Company, 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne (Air Assault); Battalion Signal Officer, 130th Aviation Battalion, Tennessee National Guard; Commander 670th ATC, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment Tennessee National Guard; Battalion Chaplain, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion 2nd Signal Brigade, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Division Support Command; Chaplain, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Support Command, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea; Division Artillery Chaplain, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery Division Artillery 101st Airborne (Air Assault); Deputy Division Chaplain, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Group Chaplain, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Support Group (Corps), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Concepts Action Officer, Combat Development U.S. Army Chaplain School, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Director of Evaluations and Standards, U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Chief Officer Training, U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School; Deputy Staff Chaplain, 1st Corps Support Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.