Colonel A. Philip Ralph Jobert was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 28 September 1954. His first duty assignment was as Administrative Officer, l8th Company, The School Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Administrative Officer, 18th Company/107th Company (Ranger), The School Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; Tactical Officer, 5Oth Company, 5th Student Battalion, The School Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia; Platoon Leader and Executive Officer, Company C and Company A, 23d Infantry, Fort Richardson, Alaska; Team Member, U.S. Army and Olympic Biathlon Team, Fort Richardson, Alaska; Detachment Commander, Company D, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Detachment Commander, Company D, 8th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Gulick, Canal Zone; S-3, 8th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Gulick, Canal Zone; Senior Army Instructor, Long Beach High Schools, Long Beach, California; District Advisor, Advisory Team 86, Can Giouc, South Vietnam; Battalion Executive Officer, 2d Battalion, 325th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, U.S. Army Training Support Headquarters, South Vietnam; Senior Advisor, U.S. Military Assistance Group, Montevideo, Uruguay; Assistant Operations Officer, Headquarters, Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Deputy Commander, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Director of Operations, Special Operations Task Force (Europe), Stuttgart, Germany; and Army Attache, U.S. Embassy-Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.