Buuxi weedha soo socota: Steege wuxuu guursaday Joan Tait 5kii Janaayo 1946; waxay lahaayeen wiil iyo gabadh. Waxaa loo magacaabay Agaasimaha Hawlgallada RAAF bishii Febraayo. Bishii Diseembar 1946, wuxuu iska casilay RAAF, wuxuuna ku biiray Maamulka New Guinea sarkaal darawal ah bishii xigtay. Wuxuu dib ugu biiray Ciidanka Cirka isagoo ahaa taliyaha garabka markii uu qarxay Dagaalkii Kuuriya bishii Juun 1950. Bishii xigtayna wuxuu raacay Major General William Bridgeford
Hawlgalka Malaya. Steege wuxuu la wareegay amarka RAAF Station Schofields, New South Wales, bishii Sebtember 1950, wuxuuna bilaabay koorso tababar diyaaradeed ah oo ka socota RAAF Station Williamtown horaantii sanadka soo socda. Bishii Agoosto 16, 1951, waxaa loo diray Kimpo, Koonfurta Kuuriya, isagoo ahaa taliyaha No. 77 Squadron, wax yar ka dib markii laga beddelay P-51 Mustang dagaalyahanada matoorka ah ee loo yaqaan 'Gloster Meteor jets'. Mid ka mid ah talaabooyinkiisii ugu horreeyay, ka dib wadahadalkii uu la yeeshay Ciidanka Cirka Shanaad ee Mareykanka, wuxuu ahaa inuu ka saaro cutubka Australiyaanka doorkii dagaalka hawada-hawada ee xilligaas jiray, oo uu yareeyo howlaheeda "MiG Alley". Laba kulan oo dhexmaray No. 77 Squadron iyo Chinese MiG-15s ayaa Steege ku qanciyay in Meteors-ka tooska ah ee tooska ah ay ka fiicnaayeen dagaalyahanada MiG-yada baalasha leh. Go'aankiisa wuxuu sababay muran maadaama qaar ka mid ah taliyayaasha Qaramada Midoobay ay aaminsanaayeen in tababarka iyo xeeladaha saxda ah ay u oggolaan lahaayeen Meteor inuu sii ahaado mid tartan u ah dagaalyahan ahaan, halka duuliyeyaasha Australiyaanka ah ee isbedelka doorka ay ku lumiyeen sumcad. Si kastaba ha noqotee, Steege waxaa taageeray Madaxa Shaqaalaha Hawada, Air Marshal George Jones, iyo dufcaddii waxaa loo rogay ugu horreyn waajibaadka raacitaanka iyo difaaca hawada ee maxalliga ah. Dareenka ayaa xanuunsaday mana ahayn ilaa ka dib markii uu ka tagay Steege 26kii Diseembar in door weerar oo ku habboon mar kale loo helay Meteors, oo ah weerar dhulka ah.