[12] Norwitz served as a Military policeman in the United States Army, being directly commissioned following his graduation from Eastern Kentucky University.
[2][13] According to the Hartford Courant Secretary of the Navy John Dalton personally presented the award to Norwitz, saying: "Today's ceremony is an outstanding example of how one agent's innovative approach to a problem, coupled with his experience and dedication to his profession and his country, assisted the Navy in maintaining a technological edge, while at the same time providing an enormous monetary savings to the government."
[2] Mr Norwitz served briefly (2003–04) with the Criminal Investigative Task Force at Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba, where he interviewed suspected Taliban and al Qaeda fighters.
[5] Norwitz was selected as the 2006 distinguished alumnus by the Military Science and Leadership Department of the College of Business and Technology at Eastern Kentucky University.
After graduating with a Master in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College Norwitz was asked to be a professor at that institution.