 His principal role on the DA Staff was Chief, Policy and Operations, Office of the Army Surgeon General, Healthcare Logistics.After completing the Command General Staff College in 1996, he returned to the Washington, D.C. area to start a 3-year assignment at Fort Detrick.While there he served as Chief, Modernization and Fielding, United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) followed by executive officer of the 6th Theater Medical Materiel Management Center (TMMMC) (Deployed to Desert Thunder and hurricane support in Central America).