He was granted a security clearance and trained as an intelligence analyst at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., before being assigned to the Second Brigade 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, n.y..
他在亚利桑那州的瓦丘卡堡(Fort Huachuca, Ariz .)接受安全检查(译注：security clearance，确认是否忠诚)并受训成为情报分析员。及后获派往纽约州，鼓堡(Fort Drum, N.Y.)，第十山地师第二旅。