Editing Hal Moore (section)

===Return to the US===
In 1954, Moore returned to West Point and served for three years as an instructor in infantry tactics. While serving as an instructor, Moore taught then-[[Cadet]] [[Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.|Norman Schwarzkopf]], who called Moore one of his "heroes," and cites Moore as the reason he chose the infantry branch upon graduation.<ref name="WPAoG" /><ref name=Guardia85>Guardia, p. 85</ref> (Schwarzkopf later became a [[General (United States)|general]] in the U.S. Army and led the [[Coalition of the Gulf War|U.N. coalition]] forces in the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]] against [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]].<ref name="Guardia85" />) During this assignment, Moore took a personal interest in the battles between the [[French Army]] forces and the [[Viet Minh|Việt Minh]] at [[Điện Biên Phủ]] in Vietnam.<ref name=Guardia86-87>Guardia, pp. 86–87</ref>

In 1956, Moore was assigned to attend the year-long student course at the [[Command and General Staff College]] at [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]]. The course prepared majors for the duties of staff officers at the division and corps level.<ref name=Guardia87>Guardia, p. 87</ref> After study at Fort Leavenworth, Moore reported to the Pentagon and the Office, Chief of Research and Development where his initiative and insights were key to the development of new [[Airborne forces|airborne]] equipment and airborne/air assault tactics. In 1960, following graduation from the [[Armed Forces Staff College]] at [[Norfolk, Virginia]], Moore served a three-year tour as [[NATO]] Plans Officer with Headquarters, [[Allied Forces Northern Europe]] in [[Oslo, Norway]].<ref name=Guardia92>Guardia, p. 92</ref>

[[File:Harold G. Moore Jr. Battalion Command Official Photo.jpg|thumb|Moore in 1965]]
In 1964, now a [[lieutenant colonel]], Moore completed the course of study at the [[National War College]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Graduation Exercises|url=http://www.usnwc.edu/NWCSite/media/Graduation-Programs/17-June-1964-Graduation.pdf|website=The United States National War College|access-date=20 January 2014|date=17 June 1964|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331235910/http://usnwc.edu/NWCSite/media/Graduation-Programs/17-June-1964-Graduation.pdf|archive-date=March 31, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> while earning a master's degree in International Relations from [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, DC]]. Moore was transferred to [[Fort Benning]] and commanded 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry later to become a part of [[11th Airborne Division (United States)|11th Air Assault Division]], undergoing air assault and air mobility training and tests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1410061359235548&set=a.1406632539578430.1073741828.1406627382912279&type=1&theater|title=A Soldier Once...and Always|work=Hal Moore: A Soldier Once. and Always|publisher=Facebook|quote=Lt. Col. Hal Moore in his first command portrait as the CO of 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry (later re-designated: 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry).|access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> On July 28, 1965, President [[Lyndon Johnson]] announced that he was sending "the Airmobile Division to Vietnam".<ref name=Guardia103>Guardia, p. 103</ref> 

In July the 11th Air Assault Division was re-designated the [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)|1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)]] and alerted for deployment to Vietnam.<ref name="Guardia103" /> Moore's battalion was re-designated as 1st Battalion, [[7th Cavalry Regiment]], 1st Cavalry Division, the same regiment that was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel [[George Custer]] when the Irish song ''[[Garryowen (air)|Garry Owen]]'' was adopted as a marching tune.<ref name="Guardia103" /> The "Garry Owen" Brigade left Fort Benning August 14, 1965, and went to [[Republic of Vietnam|South Vietnam]] by way of the [[Panama Canal]] aboard [[USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126)#Vietnam Crisis Operations|USNS ''General Maurice Rose'']], arriving at the Division's [[An Khê District|An Khê Base Camp]] a month later.<ref name=Guardia105-106>Guardia, pp. 105–106</ref>