Colonel Arthur K. Fracker was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 5-80, December 1980. His first duty assignment was as a Rifle Platoon Leader in A Company, 2/504th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Mortar Platoon Leader, A Company, 2/504th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 2/504th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations Officer, H Company, 122nd Infantry (LRSU) Georgia ARNG, Cartersville, Georgia; Company Commander, H Company, 122nd Infantry (LRSU) Georgia Army National Guard (ARNG), Cartersville, Georgia; Assistant S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 151st Military Intelligence Battalion, Georgia Army National Guard (ARNG), Dobbins Air Force Base; Plans/Training Officer, Georgia STARC, Georgia Army National Guard (ARNG), Atlanta, Georgia; Operations Officer, 1/108th AR, 48th Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard (ARNG), Camp Dodge, Iowa; Deputy SACG, TDD-DOT, Fort Benning, Georgia; Chief Collective Training, National Guard Bureau-ART-C, Arlington, Virginia; Deputy, Assistant Chief Of Staff, Army National Guard (ARNG), Headquarters FORSCOM, Fort McPherson, Georgia; Commander, 2/351st Infantry TS Battalion, Camp Blanding, Florida; Chief, Training Support, G 3/5/7, First Army, Fort Gillem, Georgia; Chief, MiTT, 16th IA Brigade, 4th IA Division, Forward Operating Base Bernstein, Iraq. | His military awards and decorations include: Meritorious Service Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Commendation Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Achievement Medal w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters; Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Ribbon; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters; South West Asia Service Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Medal; Army Service Ribbon; Georgia Meritorious Service Medal; Georgia Commendation Medal; Georgia Drug Interdiction Ribbon; Georgia State Active Duty Ribbon w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters; Pennsylvania Commendation Medal; Combat Infantryman’s Badge; Expert Infantryman’s Badge; Parachutist Badge; Senior Parachutist Badge.