Colonel Stuart Scott Taylor was commissioned as a Military Police Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 22 February 1978. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 24th Military Police Company, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Commander, 298th Military Police Detachment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; Assistant Provost Marshal Operations Officer, and later served as Commander, 546th Military Police Company, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Field Operations Officer, Headquarters, 6th Region, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California; Commander, San Francisco Field Office, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Presidio of San Francisco, California; Deputy Provost Marshal, and later served as Executive Officer, 772nd Military Police Battalion, Seoul, Korea; Professor of Military Science, Lehigh University Reserve Officer Training Corps Battalion, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Commander, 19th Military Police Battalion, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Seoul, Korea; Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Headquarters, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Headquarters, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.