Colonel Steven Ferrari was commissioned a Field Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 1-82, 11 March 1982. His first duty assignment was as Fire Support Team Chief in the 1st Battalion, 112th Field Artillery, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. | His subsequent assignments include: Fire Direction Officer, C Battery, 1/112th FA, Toms River, New Jersey; Executive Officer, C Battery, 1/112th FA, Toms River, New Jersey; Recon-Survey Officer, HHB, 1/112th FA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Battalion S-2, HHB, 1/112th FA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Battery Commander, B Battery, 1/112th FA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Battalion Fire Direction Officer, HHB, 1/112th FA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Battalion S-3, HHB, 1/112th FA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Battalion Executive Officer, HHB, 1/112th FA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Director of Operations, Training Technology Battle Lab, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Executive Officer, Training Technology Battle Lab, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Assistant G3 Training, Headquarters’s New Jersey Army National Guard, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Battalion Commander, Headquarters’s 3/112th FA, Morristown, New Jersey; Assistant Chief of Staff, Headquarters’s New Jersey Army National Guard, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Director of Military Support to Civil Authorities, Headquarters’s New Jersey Army National Guard, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; G3, Headquarters’s New Jersey Army National Guard, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Deputy Commander, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Commander, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Colonel Ferrari's military awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (4 Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon.