Colonel Rupert F. Glover was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 17 April 1953. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company F, 2d Battalion, 503d Airborne Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Co D, 350th Inf Regiment, U.S. Forces Austria; Company Executive officer, 7589 Headquarters & Headquarters Co, U.S. Forces Austria; Aviator, Headquarters Divarty, 9th Inf Div, Fort Carson, Colorado; Aviator, U.S. Army Element, Military Assistance Advisory Gp, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Company Commander, Headquarters Co, 1st BG, 11th Inf, 2d Inf Div, Fort Benning, Georgia; Asst S-3, Headquarters, 1st BG, 23d Inf, 2d Inf Div, Fort Benning, Georgia; Aviation Officer, U.S. Army Abn, Electronics & Special Warfare Board, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations Officer, 180th Aviation Co, Fort Benning, Georgia, Vietnam; Assistant S-3, 1st Aviation Brigade, Vietnam; Chief Program Mgt Div, ACofS G-3, U.S. Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama; Commander, 4th Enlisted Student Battalion, U.S. Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, Alabama; Commander, 159th Avn Bn, 101st Aviation Gp, 101st Abn Div; Chief, Army Wide activities Branch, Budget Div, Office, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, HeadquartersDA, Washington, D.C.; Class Director, US army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Chief, Division Restructuring Evaluation Ofc, U.S. Army Combined Arms Combat Developments Activity, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. | His awards and decorations include: Republic of Vietnam Training Service Honor Medal, Republic of Vietnam Honor Medal 1st Class, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/Bronze Palm, ACM w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster, AM 10 awards, MSM w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal, LOM w/Oak Leaf Cluster.