Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering von der USAF Academy, 1972; Master of Business Administration Degree von der California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1974; Air Command and Staff College, 1980; Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., 1991; Program in National and International Security, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2000; Generalleutnant der USAF (ausgeschieden am 1. November 2008); 1979 als MSE-Group-1 ausgewählt; im Mai 1985 ausgeschieden; danach im USAF Hauptquartier stationiert; 11. Juli 1996 - August 1998, beim Vizepräsidenten (Al Gore), White House, Washington, D.C.; 12. August 1998 - November 1999, Vice Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Kalifornien; 13. November 1999 - November 2000, Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado; 14. November 2000 – Mai 2002, Director of Space Operations and Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, and Director, National Security Space Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; 15. May 2002 bis Mai 2005 Commander, 14th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, and Component Commander, Space Air Forces, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Kalifornien; war seit Mai 2005 Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, Los Angeles AFB.