Colonel James B. Griffith was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 70-67, 13 December 1967. His first duty assignment was as a Weapons Platoon Leader with A Company, 2nd Battalion 15th Mechanized Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army Europe, Wildflecken, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Property Book Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion 15th Mechanize Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army Europe, Wildflecken, Germany; Assistant S-4, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion 15th Mechanize Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army Europe, Wildflecken, Germany; Supply Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion 15th Mechanize Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, US.. Army Europe, Wildflecken, Germany; Commander, A Company, 2nd Battalion 15th Mechanize Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army Europe, Wildflecken, Germany; Liason Officer to G3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry Division, (Americal), U.S. Army Pacific Republic of Vietnam; S-4, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division, (Americal), U.S. Army Pacific Republic of Vietnam; Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division, (Americal), U.S. Army Pacific Republic of Vietnam; S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Ord, California; Assistant Brigade S-1, 3rd Basic Combat Training Brigade, Fort Ord, California; Troop Movement Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 475th Group (Petroleum Supply), 99th Army Reserve Command, Farrell, Pennsylvania; S-4, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 475th Group (Petroleum Supply), 99th Army Reserve Command, Farrell, Pennsylvania; S-2/3, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 475th Group (Petroleum Supply), 99th Army Reserve Command, Farrell, Pennsylvania; Petroleum Operations Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 475th Group (Petroleum Supply), 99th Army Reserve Command, Farrell, Pennsylvania; Commander, 402nd Battalion, (Petroleum Supply), 475th Group, 99th Army Reserve Command, Farrell, Pennsylvania; Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Management, 99th Army Reserve Command, Oakdale, Pennsylvania; Commander, 475th Petroleum Group (Petroleum Supply), 99th Army Reserve Command, Farrell, Pennsylvania. | His military education includes: Quartermaster Advanced Course, U.S. Command and General Staff College, U.S. War College.