Colonel Raymond L. Savo was commissioned an Air Defense Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in May of 1968. His first duty assignment was as a NIKE-AJAX Launcher Platoon Leader, Battery D, 1st Battalion, 192d Artillery, Ansonia, Connecticut. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Executive Officer, Battery D, 1st Battalion, 192d Artillery, Ansonia, Connecticut; Commander, Battery D, 1st Battalion, 192d Artillery, Ansonia, Connecticut; Assistant S-2/S-3, Headquarters, 238th Supply and Service Battalion, Hartford, Connecticut; Commander, Headquarters Company, 238th Supply and Service Battalion, Hartford, Connecticut; S-4, Headquarters, 238th Supply and Service Battalion, Hartford, Connecticut; Assistant S-3, Headquarters, 43d Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Hartford, Connecticut; S-3 Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 169th Infantry, Manchester, Connecticut; Executive Officer Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 169th Infantry, Manchester, Connecticut; S-2, Headquarters, 43d Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Hartford, Connecticut; S-3, Headquarters, 43d Brigade, 26th Infantry Division, Hartford, Connecticut; S-3, Troop Command State Area Command (STARC) Headquarters, New London, Connecticut; Chief Engineer, Training Site Support Detachment (STARC), Niantic, Connecticut; Director of Surface Maintenance, Headquarters, STARC, Connecticut Army National Guard, Camp Hartell, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.