After graduation in December 1999, he was assigned as a F/A-18 Test Pilot/Project Officer at VX-23, the Naval Strike Aircraft Test Squadron (NSATS).
* 1999 год — декабрь — назначен летчиком-испытателем в испытательную ударную эскадрилью (Strike Aircraft Test Squadron — NSATS), летал на самолётах F/A-18 A-D и F/A-18 E/F.