In 1967, he was assigned as Adjutant to then Commandant Jack Hawtayne at 4 Field Training Regiment and received his promotion to the rank of captain in January 1968.

Along with the promotion came a transfer to a new appointment, this time as Chief Instructor National Services at the School of Artillery in which post he served until December 1973.

During 1974 he served as the Chief Instructor - Regimental Training Wing, taking time out from that post to complete the 43rd SA Army Senior Command and Staff Duties Course from 5 July 1974 to 28 March 1975.

[1] I still see in my mind's eye how Felix arrived at a running pace along the steep path from the river, carrying a severely injured Dave Wessels HC of the Engineering Corps in his arms and taking him to safety.

He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier[a] on the 1 January 1988, then appointed as the Chief of Staff Eastern Transvaal Command in which post he served from 1988 to 1992.

During January 1994, he was involved in the negotiations surrounding the integration of the various armed forces into the new SANDF, inter alia heading a team tasked to establish the Wallmansthal Military Assembly Area.

[1] General Hurter was renowned throughout his career for his physical strength, a fact reflected in his nickname of Baksteen (Brick), as well as his mental flexibility and insatiable curiosity.