Among other offices, he served as Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy since February 2021 until his death in March 2023.

He served as commander of the Minesweeper Miño and the NATO Standing Countermine Measures Group No.

[3] Lacave served in the Directorate-General for Defense Policy of the European Union as chief executive.

After he was promoted to rear admiral in 2014, he served at the Logistics Division of the Naval Staff Defence HQ as head until April 2015.

[5] Lacave became Chief of Staff of the Navy in February 2021, succeeding Admiral General Teodoro López Calderón (although Fausto Escrigas Rodríguez had been serving in an acting capacity at the time).