He began his military career by serving in the Mixed Battalion of Parachute Engineers of the Army.

During 1994, once again abroad, he received the command of the Engineers of the Spanish Tactical Association sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ascended to colonel, he received the command of the Pontoneros Regiment and Engineers Specialties number 12, with quartering in the city of Zaragoza, before being appointed military advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time in which Miguel Angel Moratinos was titular of this one Department.

Two years later, as a division general, he was sent to the NATO Allied Military Headquarters in Europe (SHAPE) as the second chief of staff for resources.

In October 2015, promoted to lieutenant general, he was assigned to the Brunssum base (Netherlands) as the deputy head of the NATO Joint Forces Command.