Military Service
He was commissioned as Captain, promoted to Major, Lieutenant Colonel and served as Colonel and Staff Judge Advocate for the North Carolina State Defense Militia, under the command of the Adjutant General of North Carolina from 1987 to 1996, and is currently in inactive reserve. He served as a Colonel and Staff Judge Advocate for the United States Service Command in Division III, (a volunteer non-profit disaster relief organization), from 1999 to 2004.
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