Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is a retired Army Armor officer, a veteran of three conflicts, and a former board member at the National World War One Museum at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2013 he was the Civilian Educator of the Year for the Department of Command and Leadership, The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.