Colonel James William Lovas was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 54-69, 29 August 1969. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company F, 41st Infantry, Combat Developments Experimentation Command, Fort Ord, California. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant S-1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company Experimentation Brigade, Fort Ord, California; Officer in Charge, Processing Detachment, USA Sattahip, Thailand; S-2, 1st Battalion, 113th Infantry (M), Jersey City, New Jersey; S-3(Air), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 113th Infantry, Jersey City, New Jersey; S-1, 1st Battalion, 113th Infantry, Jersey City, New Jersey; S-1, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, Newark, New Jersey; S-1, 2nd Battalion, 114th Infantry, Red Band, New Jersey; Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, Long Branch, New Jersey; Personnel Staff Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th ADSC, East Orange, New Jersey; S-1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 50th AD, Woodbridge, New Jersey; Logistics Off (Trans), State Army Command, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Assistant Logistics Officer, State Army Command, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Logistical Officer, State Army Command, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Logistic Management Officer, State Army Command, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; USPFO-New Jersey, Fort Dix, New Jersey.