Colonel Cleveland Corbett was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 26 September 1952, class number 14. His first duty assignment was as Communications Platoon Leader, Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 278th Regiment Combat Team, Camp Drum, New York. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Rifle Platoon Ldr, Co E, 278th Regiment Combat team, Fort Devens, Mass; Company XO, Co I, 19th Inf Regiment, Korea; Weapons Platoon Ldr, Co F, 61st Inf Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado; Bn S-1, Headquarters Co, 2d Bn, 5th Inf Regiment, Germany; Company Executive officer, Co A, 1st Battle Group, 5th Inf, Germany; Bn S-4, 1st Bn HHD, USAIC Troop Command, Fort Benning, Georgia; Assistant Supply Officer, Headquarters, First U.S. Army Recruiting District, New York, New York; Executive officer, Recruiting Main Station, NYC, NY; Commander, S-3, Headquarters, U.S. Army Atlantic Area Install Command, Fort Gulick, Canal Zone; Battalion Commander, 2d Bn, 52d Infantry, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Senior Advisor, 2d Ranger Gp, II Corps Tactical Zone, Republic of Vietnam; Operations Analyst MACV J-3, Military Assistance Command, Republic of Vietnam; Chief, Collection & Analysis Br Plans & Eval Div, Headquarters Project MASSTER, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Plans & Eval Branch Directorate C, Headquarters, MASSTER, Fort Hood, Texas; Deputy Director, Ground Combat Directorate, Headquarters, MASSTER; Division Advisor, 78th Division (Tng), U.S. Army Readiness Region II. | His awards and decorations include: Ranger Tab, Airborne Badge, EIB, CIB, ACM w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster, JSCM, MSM, Air Medal, LOM, Bronze Star Medal w/v device.