[2] In 1983, he received a Master in Divinity degree from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and was then ordained as a deacon on 12 June 1983 at Christ Church, Greeneville, South Carolina,.

Waff has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility throughout his military career and received various recognitions for his service, both in the army and in his personal life.

[2] Between 1992 and 2000, Waff was assigned other positions, including commander of the 1485th Logistics Support Battalion and director of the Simulations Branch (Battle Projection Group, 1st Brigade, 85th Division).

This was the first time an Army Reserve unit was awarded the ASUA for a role in a Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) mission.

Additionally, Waff was reappointed to the US Army Command and General Staff College Board of Visitors for a second three-year term, has continued to serve on the Army Reserve Advisory Group for the US Merchant Marine Academy at King's Point, New York, and is the senior mentor for the Professor of Military Science at the University of Memphis.

Outside of the army, Waff was ordained as a priest at Trinity Cathedral in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina in 1984 and has served as the director of pastoral care and ethics of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Racine, Wisconsin, and as director of pastoral care, ethics, and interpreter services at Vista Health in Waukegan, Illinois.