 Spencer returned to active duty ministry in January 1999, and served as the 2nd Engineer Brigade chaplain at Camp Howze in South Korea.In 2000, he served a deployment in Egypt supporting the Fort Bragg mission in the Sinai Peninsula.From 2001 to 2005, he was an official of the Pentagon Office of Army Chief Chaplains, and served a deployment tour in Iraq with the 1st Cavalry Division.