Colonel Peter G. Grasser was commissioned a Cavalry Officer from Ground General School in October 1949. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company D, 2d Battalion, 14th Armor Cavalry Regiment, Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, 30th Tank Battalion, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Company Commander, 709th Tank Battalion, 3d Armor Division, Germany; Battalion S-3, 709th Tank Battalion, 3d Armor Division, Germany; Assistant S-3, CCalifornia, 3d Armored Division, Germany;  Instructor, Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky; G3 Advisor, 25th Vietnamese Infantry Division, Vietnam; Staff Officer, USOMARC, Fort Monroe, Virginia; Battalion Commander, 35th Armor, 4th Armored Division, Germany;  Division G3, 4th Armored Division, Germany; General Staff, Force Development, Department of the Army (Pentagon), Washington, D.C.; Brigade Commander, 1st Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, Korea; and Director, Weapons Department, Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky.