Colonel Lawrence E. Casper was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 72-01, 21 January 1972. His first duty assignment was as a Rifle Platoon Leader, 151 Battalion, 35111 Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. | His subsequent assignments included: Company Executive Officer, and later served as Company Commander, and Assistant S-3 (Headquarters Company), A Company, lst Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Platoon Leader, B Company, Aviation Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea; Brigade Aviation Section Leader, Headquarters Company, 211 Brigade, Camp Hovey, Korea; Aeroscout Platoon Commander, and later the Attack Helicopter Platoon Commander, and the Operations Officer, 155th Attack Helicopter Company, Fort Ord, California; Battalion S-3, 7th Aviation Battalion, Fort Ord, California; Company Commander, D Company Attack Helicopter, Fort Ord, California; Aide-de-Camp, Headquarters Company, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California; Company Commander, Headquarters Company, I Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington; Executive Officer, 25th Infantry Division (Light), 9th Infantry Division (Light), Fort Lewis, Washington; Battalion Commander, Attack Helicopter Battalion, 25th Regiment, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Commander, 10th Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York; Strategic Studies Group, Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.; Commander, United States Military Observation Group, Washington, D.C.