He is a former Navy Fighter Pilot and carrier aviator with over 2000
hours in the F/A-18 Hornet, TA-4J Skyhawk, T-2C Buckeye, and T-34C
Turbo mentor. Completing two Middle East deployments in support of
Operations Southern Watch, Desert Strike and Desert Fox, he made 433
carrier landings, over 100 of them at night. He's qualified as an
F/A-18C Flight Demonstrations Pilot and Landing Signals Officer, and
served over 10 years with the United States military.