Colonel James Carl Carano was commissioned an Adjutant General Corps Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 85th Company, 8th Student Bn on 17 July 1967.  His first duty assignment was as Chief, Personnel Division, Military Traffic Management and Terminal Service, Oakland, California. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Chief, Enlisted Assignment Unit, HQ, Eight U.S. Army, Korea; Chief, Enlisted Personnel Branch, HQ, FiForth U.S. Army, Fort Sheridan, Illnois;  Adjutant General Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana;  Chief, Personnel Division, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) Republic of Vietnam;  Chief, Personnel Division/Brigade S-1, U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona;  Chief, Personnel Division, HQ, RR V, Fort Sheridan, Illnois;  Chief, Personnel Division, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort Huachuca, Arizona;  Chief, Officer Personnel Division, HQ, 7th Medical Command, Heidelberg, Germany;  Chief, Personnel Division, 130th Station Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany;  Executive Officer 2nd Battalion, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas;  Inspector General, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas;  Clinic Administrator, U.S. Army Health Clinic, Fort McPherson, Georgia;  Chief, Clinical Support Division, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas; and Assistant Chief, U.S. Army Dental Corps Branch, U.S. Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; and Deputy Commander for Administration, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. | Colonel Carano is a graduate of U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1981;  Army Medical Department Officer Advanced Course, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 1975; and Adjutant General Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, 1971. | His military awards include Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal (1st Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (2nd Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.