1973
Graduates from Fort Collins High School in Colorado.
1973
Serves as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps until 1994.
1974
Graduates number one in Aviation Management and Operations at the Marine Mechanized Junior Course.
1978
Receives three Sea Service Medals through 1986.
1983
Receives a Combat Action Ribbon from the U.S. Marine Corps for service in Beirut, Lebanon.
1984
Conducts coursework in Supply Management and Operations at the Senior Marine Aviation Supply Course and graduates number one in his class.
1989
Is an instructor at the Senior Marine Aviation Supply School until 1992.
1992
Receives a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for the re-write of the Senior Marine Aviation Supply Course.
1993
Receives another Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal Award for an Error Free Inspection.
1994
Becomes an adjutant of Disabled American Veterans and a member of Paralyzed Veterans of America.
1994
Is an Inventory Control Manager/Buyer for Kaman Sciences Inc. at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM until 2002.
2004
Earns a Bachelor of Business Administration in management and operations from the University of New Mexico.
2004
Is an Inventory Control Manager/Buyer for the Bureau of Reclamation in Montrose, CO.
2005
Commences his retirement in Denver, CO.
2006
Serves as president, vice president and board member of First Creek Owners Association through 2012.
2013
Becomes a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
2014
Is a “Founding Member” of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.