Ia tusia se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - Ina ua uma ona faauu, na auai Ringo i le ʻautau a le Iunaite Setete ma maua ai le tulaga o le Faapitoa i le Vaega 82 o le Airborne. I le fa tausaga o lana tautua, na tofia ai o ia i le 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, na toe faʻafouina i le 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment ina ua toe faʻatulagaina e le 82nd lona 3rd Brigade, faʻatasi ai ma le lua tausaga o le tautua faʻasao ma le Florida National Guard. O nisi o ana fa'ailoga o le Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal mo lona auai i le osofa'iga a le Iunaite Setete i Grenada i le 1983.
, ma le National Defense Service Medal.