Colonel Brian D. Perry, Sr. was commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 2-79, 16 October 1979. His first duty assignment was as Cannon Battery Officer, 1/144th Field Artillery, Louisiana Army Reserve National Guard, New Orleans, Louisiana. | His subsequent assignments include: Administrative Officer, 337th Theater Support Command, New Orleans, Louisiana; Aide-de-camp, 337th Theater Support Command, New Orleans, Louisiana; Company Commander, 355th General Supply Company, New Orleans, Louisiana; Headquarters Commandant, 337th Theater Support Command, New Orleans, Louisiana; Headquarters Commandant, 22nd Support Command, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Executive Officer, United States Military Training Mission to Saudi Arabia, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Director of Logistics, TF Bowie, Bagram, Afghanistan; Chief, Coalition Contribution, USCENTCOM, Tampa, Florida; and Chief, Issues and Programs Division, J4, U.S. CENTCOM, Tampa, Florida.