Colonel James E. Hasty was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 46-67, 10 August 1967. His first duty assignment was as an Infantry Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. | His subsequentduty assignments include: Intelligence Staff Officer, Headquarters, IV Corps, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Training Unit Commander, Army Correctional Training Facility, Fort Riley, Kansas; Deputy Operations Officer and Region Executive Officer, 112th Military Intelligence Group, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Deputy Finance Officer, Ist Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Director of Finance, Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement Program, Fort Chaffee, Arkansas; Chief of Military Pay, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief of Disbursing, Deputy Finance Officer and Finance Officer, 1st Armored Division, Furth, Germany; Chief, 1st Infantry Division Finance Office and Deputy Finance and Accounting Officer, Fort Riley, Kansas; Director of Resource Management, 3rd Reserve Officer Training Corps Region, Fort Riley, Kansas; Commander, 7th Finance Support Unit/Finance and Accounting Officer, Fort Ord, California; Chief, Joint Pay Operations, United States Air Force Accounting and Finance Center, Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado; Finance and Accounting Officer, Military District of Washington, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Director of Military Pay, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Denver, Colorado.