Colonel Terry E. Thrall was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 1-77, 12 April 1977. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 209th Supply Company (Heavy Material) (General Support), Lafayette, Indiana. | His subsequent duty assignments include: In-storage Maintenance Officer, HHD, 300th Supply & Service Battalion, Lafayette, Indiana; Battalion S-4 Officer, HHD, 300th Supply & Service Battalion, Lafayette, Indiana; Executive Officer, HHC, 451st Field Depot, Indianapolis, Indiana; Brigade S-4 Officer, HHB, 428th Field Artillery Brigade, South Bend, Indiana; Assistant Logistical Operations Officer, HHC, 21st Support Command (Continental United States Augmentation), Indianapolis, Indiana; Logistics Readiness Officer, HHC, 124th Army Reserve Command, Seattle, Washington; Secretary of the General Staff, HHC, 124th Army Reserve Command, Seattle, Washington; Assistant to the Commanding General Force Integration, HHC, 124th Army Reserve Command, Seattle, Washington; Training Officer, HHC, 103rd Corps Support Command, Des Moines, Iowa; Force Development Officer, HHC, 19th Theater Army Area Command (Continental United States Augmentation), Des Moines, Iowa, Training Development Officer, HHC, United States Army Logistics Management College, Fort Lee, Virginia; Total Force Integration Officer, Combat Service Support Battle Laboratory, HHC, Unites States Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, Virginia; Deputy Commander, HHC, 164th Corps Support Group, Mesa, Arizona; and Inspector General, 63rd Regional Support Command, Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California.