Reported to Aviation Officer Candidate School aboard NAS Pensacola, FL with Class 01-73, but graduated with Class 03-73 on 18 May 1973.  With a history of music education beginning in the 5th grade (band/choir) and eventually achieving Drum Major of his high school band and selection to the Texas All-State Choir (2nd Tenor) in his senior year... it was a natural decision to join the AOCS Cadet Chapel Choir.  Completed squadron tour with VP-47 aboard NAS Moffett Field, CA as Mission Commander, TACCO, NAVCOM, FASOTRAGRUPAC det Moffett as P3C NFO Instructor, ASWOC Cubi Point, Philippines as Brief/Debrief Officer, NRD San Antonio, TX as EPO (Recruiting), NAF Diego Garcia as XO, NOSC San Antonio, TX as XO.  He reported back to Naval Aviation Schools Command in 1987 as the head of the Naval Aircrew Candidate School and later was assigned as the NASC Administrative Officer.  It was just a matter of time before he crossed paths with the Naval Aviation Choir Director (John Roberts) and was invited to a choir rehearsal for a fun evening of harmonizing and camaraderie.  Needless to say, he was "hooked."  He participated in numerous performances and choir trips before being asked to take the reigns of the choir upon the transfer of LCDR John Roberts in 1989.  Organizing the logistics of NALO Flights for cross-country choir trips to East/West coasts and Bermuda; performances at Nationally televised programs like the Miss USA Pageant; singing the National Anthem for National Football League, Major League Baseball and National Ice Hockey games; San Francisco Fleet Week, New York Fleet Week; Blue Angel Air Shows (including Bermuda); Annual July 4th Celebration in Vail, Colorado; Combined Federal Campaigns; Navy Flag Officer retirements; Commissioning Ceremonies; NASC Dining-In; Navy Birthday Ball; Pensacola Beach Festivals; San Antonio, TX Fiesta Week; and Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. In 1991, he received orders to USS Forrestal CV-59 as a Catapult/Arresting Gear Officer (V-2) for the USS Forrestal's last Operational Tour in the Mediterranean Sea.  In 1993, while the Forrestal was undergoing an overhaul, he retired from AVT-59 with ceremonies held in the National Museum of Naval Aviation aboard NAS Pensacola, FL, where the journey first began with AOCS Class 01-73 and SSGT J.K. Kellerman, USMC.  In the following 20 years after Navy retirement, he continued to wear the uniform as a Senior Naval Science Instructor in the Navy JROTC program at Curtis High School, Staten Island, NY, Forest Brook High School, Houston, TX and Hebron High School, Carrollton, TX where he retired from the Lewisville Independent School District in 2013.  He continues to support the school district as a Substitute Teacher and Special Events Volunteer.