Colonel James Crockert was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 28 April 1967. His first duty assignment was as Team Leader, Company D, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include; Executive Officer, A 106, Company C, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Vietnam; Assistant S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Company Commander, A Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, Americal Division, Vietnam; Assistant S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 196th Light Infantry Brigade; and Commander, Military Police Activity and Provost Marshal, U.S. Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia.