Colonel Teddy A. Stout was commissioned a Finance Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 13 March 1973. His first duty assignment was as Chief, Military Pay Division, Finance and Accounting Office, United States Army Southern European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Instructor, Resource Management, United States Army Quartermaster School, Fort Lee, Virginia; Finance and Accounting Budget Officer, United States Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Director, Resource Management, United States Army Field Station Sinop, Sinop, Turkey; Director, Program and Resource Management, Security Assistance Training Field Activity, Hampton, Virginia; Chief, Finance and Accounting Policy, Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Chief, Colonel Assignments Branch, Colonels Division, Headquarters, United States Total Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Director, Finance and Accounting, Deputy Chief of Staff for Resource Management, Headquarters United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia.