Colonel Harvey J. Glowaski was commissioned as an Artillery Officer upon graduation from the Artillery Officer Candidate School Class 1-67 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on 17 December 1966.  His first assignment was as the Security Platoon Leader, Service Battery, 1^st Battalion, 81^st Artillery, (Pershing), Wackernheim, Germany.

His subsequent duty assignments include: Ammo Officer and Executive Officer, Service Battery, 1^st Battalion, 81st Artillery, Wackernheim, Germany; Executive Officer, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 81st Artillery, Wackernheim, Germany; Commander, Battery D, 1st Battalion, 81st Artillery, Neu Ulm, Germany; Liaison Officer, Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 81st Artillery, Neu Ulm, Germany; Project Officer, Army Concept Team Vietnam, U.S., Vietnam; Assistant Operations Officer, Province Adviser, Team 98, USA Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Lance Missile Instructor, Lance Division, Weapons Department, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Lance Missile Instructor, Firing Battery Division, Gunnery Department, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Commander, Battery B, 2nd  Battalion, 377th Field Artillery, Herzogenaurach, Germany; Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery, Herzogenaurach, Germany; Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery, Herzogenaurach, Germany; Budget Officer in the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve,  Pentagon, Washington, DC; Inspector General in the Office of the U.S. Army Inspector General, Pentagon, Washington, DC; Battalion Commander, 1st Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, Hanau, Germany; Assistant Director of Nuclear Assessment and Applications, Headquarters, Defense Nuclear Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and in his last assignment he served as Manager of the Safe, Secure, Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons in the Former Soviet Union Program, Operations Directorate, Defense Nuclear Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

His military education and training includes the Pershing Officer Course, Vietnam Orientation Course, Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course, Airborne, Lance Cadre Course, Command and General Staff College, Military Comptrollership Course, Inspector General Course, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

His highest military awards and decoration include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Bronze OLC), Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze OLC), Meritorious Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Service Stars, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (with Numeral 3), Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Parachutist Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.