In June he was called to active duty as Seaman Apprentice, USNR, reporting to the University of Kansas on July 1.

Later that month the Navy ordered the remainder of that Naval Unit (only 35 out of approximately 500 originally) to be commissioned as Ensign USNR, and the university awarded him a B.S.

Meyer subsequently served as part of the Occupation Forces in the Mediterranean along with service in the Greek Civil War.

His ship, the light gun cruiser Springfield, was in the mouth of the Huangpu River when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces fell to Mao Zedong's Red Army in March 1949.

Probably the last U.S. warship in China, his ship sailed for home only to head to Hunters Point, San Francisco shipyard for decommissioning.

He returned to sea as Executive Officer on USS Strickland followed by service on the Staff, Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic.

His work at the Terrier Desk led to his appointment to lead the engineering effort to shift the 30 Terrier-armed ships from analog to high-speed digital systems.

Turning down a destroyer command to continue this prelude to advanced weapons system design,[4] he transferred from unrestricted line officer status to restricted line and was appointed an Ordnance Engineering Duty Officer the same year he was selected for promotion to Captain.

Following the cancellation of the Typhon project, the Navy began work on ASMS to arm the fleet against the advanced Soviet air threats expected in the 1960s and 1970s.

After receiving seven concept proposals from arms makers, the Navy Secretary recalled retired RADM Frederic S. Withington (a former Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance) to active duty to recommend one for development.

Withington delivered a report to the Secretary on May 15, 1965, recommending a phased array S-Band radar to search and track air targets, six slaved X-band radars for illumination and fire control, a digital control system compatible with the Naval Tactical Data System, a standard missile that could be directed in flight, and a dual-rail launcher.

Meyer arrived in 1970, a leader experienced in system development, familiar with current fleet problems, and savvy enough to deal with the Navy and DoD hierarchy to see the project through to completion.

Throughout the project's development, the size and armament of the ships were the subject of vigorous debate within the Navy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Congress.

The project responsibility originally lay outside of PMS 400, in another functional code in the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA 93).

Like the Ticonderoga, the ship was designed with an Aegis Combat System, modified for installation in the destroyer and less heavily armed.

[citation needed] Rear Admiral Meyer ran a consultancy with offices in Crystal City, Virginia.

He continued to live in Falls Church, VA with his wife Anna Mae, stepson Edward and two cats.

His late wife Margaret was the sponsor, and his granddaughter Peggy was the Maid of Honor for the Aegis guided-missile cruiser Lake Erie.