Colonel Thomas F. Young  was  commissioned a Military Intelligence Officer from Officer Candidate School 23 August 1966. His first duty assignment was as Executive Officer, 3d Military Intelligence Detachment, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized) Wurzburg, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Brigade Commander, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;  Deputy Commanding Officer, USACAPOC, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Pol-Mil Division and Staff Officer, D.C.S for Operations and Plans, Pentagon; Defense Army Attache and Army Attache, DIA Washington D.C., Beirut; Battalion Commander, 8th PSYOP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Congressional Fellow, USA Student Detachment, Washington D.C.; Brigade S-2, 101st Airborne Division, 2d Brigade (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Military Observer, UN Truce Organization, Jerusalem; Detachment Commander and Operations Officer, USA Special Security Group, Pentagon; Chief, Research ACO Branch and Research Analyst, USA Field Activities Command, Washington; Area Intelligence Officer, Company B, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Bienhoa, Vietnam and Executive Officer, 3d Military Intelligence Detachment USAREUR, Germany; Commander, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade (CORPS) (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.