[1] Bythewood served as the director for special programs of the Space and Missile Systems Center.

He was nominated in January 2021 for promotion to brigadier general and transfer to the United States Space Force.

July 1996 – August 1999, Electric Combat Analyst and Chief, Unmanned Air Vehicle Branch, Detachment 1, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, Kirtland AFB, NM 3.

August 2007 – May 2009, Executive Officer, SAF/SO, Air Forces Smart Operations, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 7.

July 2020 – June 2021, Senior Materiel Leader and Director, Special Programs, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 15.