Effective Dates of Promotion
- Second Lieutenant May 18, 1970
- First Lieutenant November 11, 1971
- Captain October 18, 1973
- Major December 4, 1978
- Lieutenant Colonel February 1, 1982
- Colonel July 1, 1989
- Brigadier General July 1, 1995
- Major General April 1, 1998
- Lieutenant General January 1, 2002
- General November 7, 2005
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