E Company, 3rd Battalion 1st Armor Training Brigade, Fort Knox, KY

Basic Training
M60 Advanced Individual Training

June 20 1977
to
October 18, 1977

First Cavalry Division, A Company 3rd Battalion 10th Cavalry, Fort Hood, TX

First Sergeant's Jeep Driver

October 18, 1977
to
August 20, 1979

3rd Infantry Division, A Company 3rd Battalion 64th Armor, Schweinfurt, FRG (now GE)

M60A1 Tank Gunner
S-3 Clerk Typist
S-3 Assistant Operations Sergeant (as SGT)
Abrams Tank Gunner, Battalion Commander's Tank (HQ66)

August 20, 1979
to
August 14, 1982

C Company, 1st Battalion 1st Armor Training Brigade, Fort Knox, KY

Abrams Master Gunner
Abrams Tank Commander/AIT Abrams Tank Instructor

August 14, 1982
to
June 3, 1985

3rd Armored Division, D Company 1st Battalion 33rd Armor,
re designated
D Company 3rd Battalion 8th Cavalry,
Gelnhausen, FRG

Platoon Sergeant, 1st Platoon
Abrams Master Gunner

June 3, 1985
to
December 1, 1987

3rd Armored Division, C Company 3rd Battalion 8th Cavalry,
Gelnhausen, FRG

Headquarters Platoon Sergeant
Abrams Master Gunner

December 1, 1987
to
July 7, 1988

L Troop, 3rd Squadron 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, TX

Platoon Leader, 4th Platoon (as SFC)
Abrams Master Gunner
Sometimes First Sergeant (as SFC)

July 7, 1988
to
June 1, 1989

Headquarters, 3rd Squadron 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Bliss, TX

Squadron Master Gunner (as SFC)
Squadron S-3 Operations Sergeant Major (as SFC)

June 1, 1989
to
June 12, 1992

Readiness Directorate, Tank Automotive-armaments Command (later Tank automotive Command) TACOM, Warren, MI

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC)

June 12, 1992
to
January 28, 1994

Program Executive Office Armor Systems Modernization,
(now PEO Ground Combat System)
Program Manger's Office Abrams Tank System
(now PM Combat Systems)

Abrams Program Manager, Master Gunner

January 28, 1994
to
August 31, 1997