Colonel Craig R. Heise was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 24 May 1968. His first duty assignment was a Platoon Leader, Company A, 2d Battalion 129th Infantry, Elgin, Illinois. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Communications Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-129th Infantry, Joliet, Illinois; S-3 Air, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2-129th Infantry, Joliet, Illinois; Company Commander, CSC, 2-129th Infantry, Joliet, Illinois; Battalion S- I, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2- 129th Infantry, Joliet, Illinois; Brigade Assistant S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Brigade, Chicago, Illinois; Brigade S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Brigade, Chicago, Illinois; Brigade Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Brigade, Chicago, Illinois; Battalion Commander, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry, Chicago, Illinois, Chief Maintenance Management Section, STARC, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois; Battalion Commander, 1st Battalion, 131 st Infantry, Springfield, Illinois; Chief/Dep Director Logistics,  STARC, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois; Director of Maintenance, STARC, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois; Director of Logistics, STARC, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois.