Lieutenant Colonel James Ronald Pasqualini commissioned as an Engineer Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Officer Candidate Reserve Component Course 2-84 on 26 October, 1984. His First duty assignment was as a Heavy Equipment Platoon Leader, Company B, Troop Program Unit, 463rd Engineer Battalion, Weirton, West Virginia.

His subsequent duty assignments were: Instructor, Troops Program Unit 2070th United States Army Reserve Forces school, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Engineer Project Officer, Advance Training United States Army Corps Engineer, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan; Intel Analyst, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, United States Transportation Command, Scott Airforce Base, Illinois: Logs Plans Officer, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, United States Indo-Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii; Operations Officer, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, United States Army Regiment, Intel Advance Element, Washington District of Columbia; Intel Plans Officer, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, The United States Central Command, McDill Airforce Base, Florida; and Staff Officer, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, United States Army Joint Support Element, Washington D.C. His last duty assignment was served as the Defense Casualty Liaison Officer, Defense Prisoner of War, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon.

His military education Consists of: Air Assault School; Engineer Officer Basic School; Instructor Training Course; Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course; Combined Arms and Services Staff School; Command and General Staff Course; Logistics Executive Development Course.

His civilian distinctions include 29 years of dedicated service to the Intelligence community. He was promoted to the Senior Executive Service and awarded the Career Intelligence Medal, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, and the Intelligence Commendation Medal. He Retired as the Deputy Director of Logistics, Directorate of Support for the Central Intelligence Agency.