Kadavy was nominated by the President to become the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau with the rank of lieutenant general,[3] on March 5, 2019.

[8][9] He graduated from Omaha's Millard South High School in 1982 and enlisted in the Nebraska Army National Guard.

He received his commission as a second lieutenant of Armor from the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at the University of Nebraska in 1987.

[10] Kadavy began his officer career as a platoon leader in the Nebraska Army National Guard's Troop A, 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment.

[12] From September 2003 to June 2004, Kadavy was a student in the United States Army War College's Fellowship Program at the Drug Enforcement Administration.

[19][20] In March 2014, Kadavy returned from Afghanistan and began an assignment as special assistant to the vice chief of the National Guard Bureau.