Colonel Thomas W. Adair was commissioned a Military Police Officer upon graduation from the Ground General School at Fort Riley, Kansas, 24 November 1951. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader and Instructor, Military Police Replacement Training Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant Provost Marshal and Chief, Criminal Investigations Division, U.S. Forces Austria Support Command, Livorno, Italy; Company Commander, Assistant Confinement Officer, Chief, Criminal Investigation Division, and Assistant Provost Marshal, Fort Carson, Colorado; Operations Officer, Provost Marshal Office, Seoul Area Command, Seoul, Korea; Chief, Military Police Operations Branch, Provost Marshal Office, Headquarters, 4th U.S. Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Battalion Commander, Headquarters, 503d Military Police Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Enforcement, Security and Investigations Branch, Headquarters, U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Saigon, Vietnam; Chief, Military Police Operations Branch, Office of the Provost Marshal General, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.; Brigade Commander, U.S. Army Retraining Brigade, Fort Riley, Kansas and Deputy Commander, Headquarters, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, D.C.