Major General Claude T. Ivey was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in 1953. His duty assignments include: Commander, 1st Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, Germany; Commander, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry, 4th Infantry Division; Commander, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Assistant Division Commander, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Chief of Staff, 1st Infantry Division, Germany; Deputy Chief of Staff, 4th Infantry Division; Executive Officer, 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado; Personnel Management Officer, Infantry Branch, Office of Personnel Operations, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Chief of Staff, Doctrine, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, fort Monroe, Virginia. | His awards and decorations include: Air Assault Badge, Senior Army Aviator Badge, Army Parachutist Badge, Army Commendation Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Medals (V Device), Meritorious Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal (V Device and 2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit.