Lieutenant Colonel Harry Frederick Jost served as a Platoon Leader at the Replacement Training Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama and as a Company Commander with the 11th and 13th Airborne Divisions. While stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, Lieutenant Colonel Jost served as Group Chairman and Operations Officer of the Airborne Department and as Battalion Commander of 1st Officer Candidate Battalion. Other assignments include duty as Battalion Commander and Regimental Executive Officer with the 351 Infantry and 11th Infantry. In addition he has served with the Officer Assignment Division and in the Staff Office, War Plans Branch, Department of the Army.  Lieutenant Colonel Jost is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College. | His awards and decorations include: the Commendation Ribbon and the Senior Parachutist Badge.