Complex sentence: Fortenberry, a Vietnam-era veteran, joined the U.S. Army out of high school and graduated from the U.S. Department of Defense Information School (DINFOS) outside of Indianapolis, Indiana and was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas for his permanent duty station.
Split into simpler sentences: Fortenberry, a Vietnam-era veteran, joined the U.S. Army out of high school. He graduated from the Defense Information School (DINFOS) outside of Indianapolis, Indiana and was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas for his permanent duty station.