He returned to the U.S. to attend the Defense Language Institute at the U.S. Naval Station Anacostia, Washington D.C., with a follow-on tour as Ordnance Advisor to the United States Training Mission in Saudi Arabia from 1968 to 1969. After attendance at the Ordnance Officer Advanced Course, he accepted an assignment as assistant professor of military science, while studying to earn an M.A. in political science with a concentration in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Cincinnati in 1973. Following this, he was assigned as a Strategic Intelligence Officer at the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence for the Department of the Army.
