He was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy in May 1979 from the Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island with subsequent active duty assignments on board USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) from November 1979 to February 1982; Naval Air Systems Command, Headquarters as a Navy Acquisition Contracting Officer (NACO) Intern from January 1982 to January 1984; Supply Department Head onboard USS Copeland (FFG-25) from February 1984 to October 1986; and Deputy Director of Contracts for the Naval Regional Data Automation Center, Washington from October 1986 to January 1990. He affiliated with the Navy Reserve in February 1990 with assignments as Contracts Manager/Projects Officer for the Navy Regional Contracting Center Washington 206; Contracts Manager for the Naval Supply Systems Command Headquarters 106; Projects Officer for the Defense Contract Management Command Headquarters 106; Executive Officer of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Administration (Acquisitions and Business Management) 106; Commanding Officer of the Fleet Industrial Supply Center East Detachment 306; Executive Officer and fleeted up as the Commanding Officer of Military Sealift Command Europe Headquarters 106; Contracts Manager for the Commander, Military Sealift Command Headquarters 106; Commanding Officer of the Defense Contract Management Administration Contingency Contract Administration Services East; and the Commanding Officer of the Fleet Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Sigonella Contingency Contracting Headquarters Reserve Unit with oversight responsibilities of two reporting detachments (Detachment Alpha located in Fort Dix, NJ and Detachment Bravo located at the Naval Air Facility Washington on Andrews Air Force Base). He was promoted to Captain (O6) in the Navy Reserve on June 1, 2001, and was recalled to active duty from September 2006 to September 2008 serving as the Chief of Contracts for the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) located at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti (Africa) followed by a 4-month Temporary Duty (TDY) assignment in the Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, Acquisition and Logistics Management (DASN ALM). He retired from the Navy Reserve on June 1, 2009, and his personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards). 

 

In his civilian capacity, he served as Contracts Management Department Head at the Naval Computers Telecommunications Station, Washington, DC (formerly NARDAC) for a six-month period in 1990; served as Contract Team Leader at the Automated Data Processing Selection Office (ADPSO) that later became known as Information Technology Acquisition Center (ITACEN) from 1990 to 1994; served as Contracting Officer for the Naval Information Systems Management Center (NISMC, formerly ITACEN) from 1994 to 1997 and later detailed to a GS-1102-15 position as Resource Manager for NISMC from 1997 to 1998; served as Procurement Analyst/Contracting Officer for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of Treasury from 1998 to 2006, returning in 2008 after a two-year active duty recall and then retiring in November 2014 after a total of 35 years and ten months of Federal Government service.