National Guard and promoted to major general. His tenure was marked by a number of accomplishments, including taking part in an effort to modernize the National Guard nationwide, including the deployment of the Army's only Roland Air Defense battalion. He also had a role in the fielding of Chaparral and Hawk missile battalions in the Army Reserve. In addition, the New Mexico National Guard's Drug Demand Reduction Program was praised by the National Guard Bureau and used as a pilot program for similar programs in other states.Carlos R. Glover, The War on Drugs: Measuring the Effectiveness of National Guard Efforts in Preventing Drug Use Among America's Youth, 1997, page iii
