Joined USMC August 1956: Commissioned 2nd Lt from 17th OCS Class Quantico, VA 14 Dec '56.. Primary Naval Flight Training, Pensacola Fl Jan-Dec '57. NAS Pensacola, NAF Saufle, NAF Whiting, and NAF Barin. Flew T-34 and T-58.Advanced Naval flight training and Jet transition Dec. '57-Apr '58; NAS Corpus Christi, Texas. flew TV-2, and F9F-5. Designated a Naval Aviator in April 1958 with Instrument rating and Carrier qualified. May 1958 June '59; MCAS Cherry Point, NC; VMA-332 July '59 -Oct '60 MCAS Iwakuni Japan. USS Handcock and USS Ticondaroga. flying A4D-2. Oct '60-Feb '62: 3rd MAW, MCAS El Toro California; October 1960. one year of Wing Staff, next VMT-29F-8T.as an jet instrument instructor. Flew TA-4D. TV-2, T1A and F9F-8T. Feb '62-Jun '66, MCAF Santa Ana, Calif for 4 year tour with MACS-3 doing Research and Development of the Marine Corps Tactical Data System (MTDS).. June '66-Jun '67:; MCAF Camp Pendleton, California, MACS-4.Jun '67-June '68 Monkey Mountain Danang, Vietnam July '67- June '68. Flew over 80 combat missions in A4D-2; F9F8T and C-117. Aug '68-Jul'70 MCAF New River, NC as Commanding officer of MACS-5..flew C-47 and C-117.. 1970-71; USAF Command and Staff College; Montgomery, Alabama and MBA from Auburn University. Aug - Dec '71; transitioned into CH-53 helicopters at MCAF Santa Ana, Calif. Dec '71-Mar '72 XO of MACS 4, Futema, Okinawa. Mar- '72- Apr '73 XO and Acting CO of HMH-462, MCAF Futema, Okinawa.. May '73-July '77 MCAS Kanehoe,Hawaii: Operations Officer MAG-24; CO HMH-463; and S-1 of 1st Marine Brigade. July '77: HQMC Washington DC. Naval Air Systems Command in Program Management. One year as Deputy PMA-261 for CH-53-E development, 3 years as PMA-255 as PM for H-46, SH-3, UH-1Ns,and AH-1J s. Then January - December 1981 was PMA-275 tasked to find a replacement for the CH-46 Helicopter. Retired in January 1982.