Colonel Ronald E. Beasley was commissioned a Quartermaster Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 1-77th at Fort Benning. Georgia, 19 October 1976. His first duty assignment was as a Parachute Rigger Platoon Leader, Combat Support Company, 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team), Italy. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Forward Area Support Coordination Officer, Division Support Command. 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Commander, Company C, 426th Supply and Service Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Commander, Company E, 426th Supply and Service Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell. Kentucky; Division Property Book Officer, Division Support Command, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Assistant Professor of Military Science, Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado; Procurement Officer, U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command. Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; forward Area Support Coordination Officer, Division Support Command, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Executive Officer, 25th Forward Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Chief, Division Materiel Management Center. Division Support Command, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Security, Plans, and Operations Officer, Division Support Command, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Deputy Commander, Division Support Command, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Commander, 307th Forward Support Battalion. 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Chief, Supply and Equipment Branch, C4, Republic of Korea United States Combined Forces Command, Yongsan, Korea; Chief, Plans and Operations Division, C4, Republic of Korea/United States Combined Forces Command. Yongsan. Korea; Commander, Army Materiel Command, Forward-South west Asia, Qatar; Assistant Commandant, U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School, Fort Lee, Virginia. | Colonel Beasley's military awards and decorations include: the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Meritorious Service Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal w/ 2 Bronze Stars, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Master Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge and the Parachutist Rigger Badge. Colonel Beasley was designated a Distinguished Member of the Quartermaster Regiment. He retired 1 January 2004.