He earned the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Croix de Guerre (War Cross) and the Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters.

[1][2] A 1933 graduate of the United States Military Academy, Gibbs began his career by serving at Fort Bliss, Texas with the 1st Cavalry F Division's 1st Signal Troop and with the Hawaiian Division's 11th Signal Company.

He returned to the United States to command 1st Signal Service Group at Camp Polk, Louisiana and then was promoted to command the 51st Signal Operations Battalion at Fort Meade, Maryland, and then served as a staff officer in Washington.

He was promoted to major general and advanced from first assistant to Chief Signal Officer in 1963, a position held by his father George Sabin Gibbs from 1928 to 1931.

He was interred at Fort Huachuca Cemetery in Sierra Vista, Arizona.