[1] Commissioned in May 1980 through the PLC Program, Davis completed the Basic School in August 1980 and then reported for flight training.

After training in the United Kingdom, he deployed to Gutersloh, Germany for duty as a GR-5/7 attack pilot with 3(F) squadron.

During his tour, VMA-223 won the CNO Safety Award and the Sanderson Trophy two years in a row, and exceeded 40,000 hours of mishap free operations.

From 2006 to 2008 he served as the Deputy Commander Joint Functional Component Command—Network Warfare at Fort Meade, Maryland.

In the course of his career, he has flown over 4,500 mishap free hours in the AV-8, F-5, and FA-18 and as a co-pilot in every type model series tilt-rotor, rotary winged and air refueler aircraft in the USMC inventory.

[2] Within weeks of retiring, Davis joined the board of Rolls-Royce, a company that produces the lift fan for the Marine variant of the F-35 aircraft.