[3] He had an offer to play wide receiver for Georgia Tech, but chose Navy in part because of medical benefits for himself and family as well as opportunities beyond football and service to his country.

[12] Since his graduation, TV announcers have gotten Dobbs to be a special guest caller while on board his current ship during a few of the televised Navy Midshipmen's football games in 2012 and 2013, giving the viewers an update on his career.

After graduating the Naval Academy on May 27, 2011, Dobbs, who had studied to be a surface warfare officer, received his choice assignment of being on a destroyer.

[citation needed] At his request, Dobbs was assigned to the USS Oscar Austin, a sophisticated Arleigh Burke class destroyer.

[13] During his 2 ½-year tour aboard the ship, deployed off the coast of Somalia, Dobbs served as an ensign and main propulsion division officer, and performed maritime security operations.

[citation needed] During the televised 2014 Navy vs. Western Kentucky game, CBS Sports Network commentators John Sadak and Randy Cross announced while in a Bass Pro Shops-sponsored segment entitled "Where are they now?"

that Dobbs was serving his 5-year commitment aboard the USS Sirocco, a Cyclone-class patrol ship bound for Bahrain.

[citation needed] Dobbs was stationed at the Naval Academy through the end of 2017, working as a recruiting counselor in the admissions office.

He held the title of Candidate Guidance Officer for the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Dobbs was joined by retired Sheriff Phil Miller who replaced Romona Jackson Jones, the Chairwoman having also been indicted for the same charges as Mitchell.

[citation needed] On June 13, 2010, Dobbs was awarded a key to his hometown of Douglasville, Georgia by mayor Mickey Thompson.