Burt entered the United States Air Force in 1992 after graduating from the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

She also served as the vice commander of the United States Air Force Warfare Center.

[3] Burt entered Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to get a college scholarship.

[4] At Embry-Riddle, she was the AFROTC cadet wing commander and chairman of the Women's Programming Board.

She originally intended to serve for four years in the Air Force, the minimum service requirement to pay off the scholarship.

[4] After getting her commission, she underwent a three-month undergraduate space training at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.

From 2001 to 2004, she was assigned to Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany, as a theater missile defense operations officer and the deputy chief of Special Technical Operations Branch of the United States European Command.

From 2006 to 2008, she was assigned at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, where she served as chief of the Combat Plans Division at the Joint Space Operations Center.

She served as commander of 2 SOPS for two years, after which she was assigned to Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado as chief of the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Requirements Division of the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).

[6] From 2012 to 2014, Burt served as commander of the 460th Operations Group at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, overseeing missile warning units.

While awaiting confirmation, she temporarily served as special assistant to the vice chief of space operations.