Lieutenant Colonel Ralph H. Peters was commissioned as a Military Intelligence Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class BIO-CC 5-80, 5 December 1980. His first duty assignment was as S2, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, Erlangen, Federal Republic of Germany. | Subsequent duty assignments include: Chief, Intelligence Production, Ansbach, Germany (Katerbach); Chief, Current Intelligence, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, All Source Production Section, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas; Eurasia Analyst, U.S. Army Staff, Pentagon, Virginia; Spec. Asst. for Strategic Planning, OND.C.P, EOP, Washington, D.C.; Emerging Threats Officer, U.S. Army Staff, Pentagon, Virginia. | He is a graduate of the Officer Candidate School, U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School, Defense Language Institute, U.S. Army Russian Institute, Command and General Staff College. | His military awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (4), Army Commendation Medal (2).