His military education includes the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the Senior Acquisition Course of the Armed Forces, the Adjutant General Basic and Advanced Course, Systems Automation Course, and the United States Naval War College.

His joint service experience includes a two-year assignment to the Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force as Chief, Project Management for Command and Control Systems.

During this assignment, he participated in Operation Desert Storm as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he served as Commander of the Information Management Task Force in Kuwait and Iraq.

He was inducted into the 2009 Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame on March 27 in Fort Benning, Georgia.