Colonel David A. Bartruff was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 19 May 1969. His first duty assignment was as a Training Officer, Company A, 2d Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, U.S. Army Training Center Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, Company A, 3d Battalion, 1st Training Brigade, U.S. Army Infantry Training Center, Fort Lewis, Washington; Assistant G-3 Tactical Operations Command, Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; Liaison Officer, Assistant S-3 Air and Brigade S-2, 2d Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea; Assistant Headquarters Adjutant, 2d Training Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington; Company Commander, 2d Training Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington; Administration Officer and Labor Relations Officer, 448th Civil Affairs Company, Bellingham, Washington; Administration Officer, 365th Civil Affairs Brigade, Seattle, Washington; Personnel Management Officer, Lieutenant Colonels Branch Officer Personnel Management Division RCPAC, St. Louis, Missouri; Branch Chief, Adjutant General And Finance Branch, RCPAC, St. Louis, Missouri; Personnel Staff Officer, OPMD Mobilization Plans and Operations RCPAC, St. Lewis, Missouri; Personnel Mobilization Plans Officer, Mobilization and Reserve Affairs Division, Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel, Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia; Chief Mobilization Plans and Strategy, Plans and Operations Directorate, Deputy Chief of Staff Training/D.C.S Battlefield Operations System Training Doctrine, Plans and Operations Directorate, Fort Monroe, Virginia; and Chief, Personnel Division, Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, Headquarters Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.