- Retired U.S. Air Force Major
- Prior Enlisted Viet Nam Era Vet
- Flight Commander Minuteman III Nuclear Missile Operations, 447th SMS (Strategic Missile squadron), Grand Forks AFB, ND (Aug 1982 - Jan 1987
- Led the successful test launch of a Minuteman III, in Sep 1986
- Combat Targeting Officer, since 1987
- Combat operations Panama (Operation JUST CAUSE - Christmas 1989) and Bosnia (Operation Deliberate Force - Sep 1995)