Before graduating from West Point in 1978, Peter Eschbach enlisted in the Army in 1971.Trained as a reconnaissance scout, he was assigned to the Berlin Brigade, 110 miles behind the Iron Curtain in what was then communist East Germany. Accepted at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School, then in Ft. Belvoir, Va., he received a nomination to West Point from the Secretary of the Army.
Plebe year, he designed the Class of '78's crest. Throughout his Cadet career, he drew, painted and wrote for the Cadet publication Pointer magazine.
He served as an Infantry officer in the Ninth Infantry Division, located in Ft. Lewis, Wash. That was followed by additional schooling and then serving at Ft. Bragg, NC as a public affairs officer for the XVIII Airborne Corps and the newly established Joint Special Operations Command.
Leaving active duty, he joined the corporate world and led marketing and communications efforts in a variety of global companies. He retired as a director from a federal/interstate government agency, and lives in Mays Landing, NJ,, teaching marketing and communications classes at a local university.