Colonel Jeffery A. Cushing was commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from the Officer Candidate School Class 4-82, 30 July 1982. Colonel Cushing’s first duty assignment was as a Battery Reconnaissance and Survey Officer, A Battery, 1st Battalion 333rd Field Artillery, Wiesbaden, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion Reconnaissance and Survey Officer, 5th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery, Giessen, Germany; Executive Officer, A Battery 5th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery, Giessen, Germany; Guard Platoon Leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 42nd Field Artillery Brigade, Giessen, Germany; Battalion Fire Direction Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 5th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery, Giessen, Germany; Special Weapons Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 5th Battalion 3rd Field Artillery, Giessen, Germany; Chief Instructor, Training Group 402nd Field Artillery Brigade (Training), Lawton, Oklahoma; Commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 402nd Field Artillery Brigade (Training), Lawton, Oklahoma; Fire Support Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 40th Infantry Division Artillery, Los Angeles, California; Counterfire Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 40th Infantry Division Artillery, Los Angeles, California; Operations Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 3rd Battalion 144th Field Artillery, Van Nuys, California; Brigade Fire Support Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 3rd Battalion 144th Field Artillery, Van Nuys, California; Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 3rd Battalion 144th Field Artillery, Van Nuys, California; Field Artillery Intelligence Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 40th Infantry Division Artillery, Los Angeles, California; Assistant Fire Support Coordinator, Headquarters and Headquarters battery 40th Infantry Division Artillery, Los Angeles, California, Deputy Fire Support Coordinator, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 40th Infantry Division Artillery, Los Angeles, California; Deputy Commander, Task Force South, Joint Task Force Aerosafe, Van Nuys, California; Operations Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company Task Force Guardian, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Operations Officer, 40th Infantry Detachment (Rear Command Post Ops Center) Los Alamitos, California; Acting Assistant Chief of Staff G1, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 40th Infantry Division, Los Alamitos, California; Operations Officer, Embedded Training Team 6781, Fort Riley, Kansas; Executive Officer, Embedded Training Team 6781 Task Force Phoenix, Afghanistan; Team Chief, Police Mentor Team-Provincial, Task Force Phoenix, Afghanistan; Senior Space Operations Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 40th Infantry Division, Los Alamitos, California. | Colonel Cushing's military awards and decorations include: the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon, NATO International Security Assistance Force Medal and the USAir Force Space Badge. | Following retirement Colonel Jeffery A. Cushing served in the Army Reserve in the Individual Ready Reserve and worked as an Operations Analyst for General Dynamics Information Technology in San Antonio, Texas.