He served in the Yugoslav People's Army and the successor Armed Forces of Yugoslavia from 1961 to 2000, overseeing a variety of responsibilities.
The United Pensioners were included in Mirko Cvetković's administration, and Arsenović served as a parliamentary supporter of the government.
Serbia's electoral system was reformed in 2011, such that parliamentary mandates were awarded in numerical order to candidates on successful lists.
[10] In 2011, Arsenović offered support to an idea proposed by the Serbian Progressive Party that Serbia reinstate a conscript army.
He argued that Serbia did not have an army capable of carrying out the fundamental tasks required of it and offered his view that conscription should never have been abolished.
[11] For the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election, the United Pensioners joined the Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning electoral alliance led by the Progressive Party.