Colonel Donald G. Salo, Jr. was commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School class 4-80. | His subsequent duty locations include: Fire Support Officer and Battery Executive Officer in 2/10th Field Artillery, 197th Infantry Brigade (Separate), Fort Benning, Georgia; S-3 Officer, Military Police Activity, Fort Benning, Georgia; Provost Marshal Operations Officer, Military Police Activity, Fort Benning, Georgia; Provost Marshal and Installation Adjutant, Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania; Commander, 59th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, Pirmasens, Germany; Provost Marshall, Pirmasens Military Community, 21st TAACOM, Germany; Secretary to the General Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Falls Church, Virginia; Brigade S-3, U.S. Army Training Brigade, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Chief, Command and Tactics Division, U.S. Army Military Police School, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Commander, Benning CID Battalion, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Fort Benning, Georgia; Deputy Brigade Commander, Basic Combat Training Brigade (BCTB), Fort Benning, Georgia; Commander (Brigade-level), Military Police Activity and Provost Marshal, Fort Benning, Georgia; Director, Army Base Realignment and Closure Office, Army Staff, The Pentagon; Brigade Commander, 701st Military Police Group (CID), U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. | Colonel Donald G. Salo, Jr. attended: Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Military Police and Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Courses, Army Command and General Staff College, Air Command and Staff College, Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, and the Air War College. | His military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (2 Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (7 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (2 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer’s Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, and Parachutist Badge.