After a short tour at Keesler, he was sent to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and then to French Morocco, North Africa.

Returning to the United States 12 months later, he was assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, until January 1957, when he was honorably discharged.

Six months later he was assigned to the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

Two years later he received his second assignment to Southeast Asia at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, as First Sergeant for the 483rd Organizational Maintenance Squadron.

[1] This article incorporates public domain material from Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Arthur "Bud" L. Andrews biography.