Military Service
While at WPI, Grasso received an Army ROTC scholarship. After receiving his Master's degree from Purdue, he served four years on active duty as an engineer with USAEHA-RDS at Ft. McPherson, Georgia, and six years in the Army reserve in Special Operations Command, first with the 415th CA Battalion in Michigan and subsequently as Commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of 353rd Civil Affairs Command in New York. In 1989, he resigned his commission at the rank of Major. His awards included an Army Commendation Medal and Parachutist Badge.
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