Colonel John J. Braham IV was commissioned upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 16 January 1973. His first assignment was as a Platoon Leader, Battery B, 4th Air Defense Artillery Training Battalion, Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bliss, Texas. | His subsequent assignments include: Loudspeaker Platoon Leader, 350th Psychological Operations Company (Tactical), Cleveland, Ohio; Executive Officer, Commander, Adjutant, Operational Detachment A, Company B, 2nd Special Forces Battalion, 11th Special Forces Group, Youngstown, Ohio; Individual Ready Reserve, Army Personnel Center, St. Louis, Missouri; S3, 2nd Psychological Group, Cleveland, Ohio; Plans Officer, G1, United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Psychological Operations Staff Officer, and Chief, Operations, Mobilization, and Readiness Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operation, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington D.C.; Chief Force Development, G3 and Deputy G3, United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Inspector General, 96th United States Army Regional Support Command, Salt Lake City, Utah.