Leo Scott Peterson

Colonel Leo Scott Peterson was commissioned a Field Artillery Officer upon graduating from Officer Candidate School in 1977. His first duty assignment was as a Forward Observer, 1/55 Field Artillery Battalion, Battery A in Zirndorf, Germany. | His subsequent assignments include: Assistant Executive Officer, 1/55 Field Artillery Battalion, Battery A, Zirndorf, Germany; Adjutant, 1/55 Field Artillery Battalion, Battery A, Zirndorf, Germany; Executive Officer, 1/55 Field Artillery Battalion, Battery A, Zirndorf, Germany; Special Assistant to the S1, 1st Infantry Division, Artillery, Fort Riley, Kansas; Battery Commander 3/6 Field Artillery Battalion, Battery C, Fort Riley, Kansas; Battery Commander, 1st Infantry Division, Artillery, Fort Riley, Kansas; Company Commander, USA Recruiting Des Moines, Iowa City, Iowa; Assistant Inspector General, USA Recruiting Commander Headquarters, Fort Sherdon, Illinois; Division Artillery S1, 3rd Division Artillery, Wurzburg, Germany; Battalion Executive Officer, 5/41 Field Artillery Battalion, Shweinft, Germany; S1, Headquarters Faculty United States Military Academy, West Point, Massachusetts; Field Artillery Branch Representative and Instructor, Headquarters Faculty United States Military Academy, West Point, Massachusetts; Battalion Commander, Field Artillery 4/1 Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas; Colonel Assignment Office Field Artillery Branch, U.S. Total Army PERSCOM, Alexandria, Virginia, and Chief of Combat Arms Division EPMD, U.S. Total Army PERSCOM in Alexandria, Virginia.