Command Sergeant Major Anthony Duane Agee entered the military on 22 July 1987 in Clanton, AL. He completed basic training at Ft. Dix, NJ and AIT at Ft. Belvoir, VA, where he trained as a 41B (Topographical Instrument Repair Specialist), and later reclassified to a 62F (Crane Operator) and progressed through the ranks of horizontal construction.