Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Steege ya auri Joan Tait a ranar 5 ga Janairu 1946; suna da ɗa da 'ya. An nada shi Daraktan RAAF na Ayyuka a watan Fabrairu. A watan Disamba na 1946, ya yi murabus daga RAAF, ya shiga Gwamnatin New Guinea a matsayin jami'in sintiri a wata mai zuwa. Ya sake komawa rundunar sojin sama a matsayin kwamandan runduna a lokacin barkewar yakin Koriya a watan Yunin 1950. A watan da ya biyo baya, ya raka Manjo Janar William Bridgeford a aikinsa na zuwa Malaya
Ka yi haƙuri. Steege ya dauki umurnin RAAF Station Schofields, New South Wales, a watan Satumbar 1950, kuma ya fara horo na jirgin sama a RAAF Station Williamtown a farkon shekara mai zuwa. A ranar 16 ga Agusta 1951, an tura shi zuwa Kimpo, Koriya ta Kudu, a matsayin kwamandan Squadron na 77, jim kadan bayan da aka canza shi daga P-51 Mustang masu amfani da injin piston zuwa Gloster Meteor jets. Ofaya daga cikin ayyukansa na farko, bayan tattaunawa da Sojojin Sama na Biyar na Amurka, shi ne fitar da rukunin Australiya daga rawar da yake takawa a yanzu, da kuma rage ayyukanta a cikin "MiG Alley". Abubuwa biyu da suka faru tsakanin Squadron No. 77 da kuma MIG-15s na kasar Sin sun tabbatar da Steege cewa Meteors masu kai tsaye sun kasance masu tayar da hankali a matsayin mayaƙan da MiGs suka yi. Shawararsa ta haifar da rikici kamar yadda wasu kwamandojin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya suka yi imanin cewa horo da dabarun da suka dace za su ba da damar Meteor ya kasance mai gasa a matsayin mayaƙi, yayin da matukan jirgin saman Ostiraliya suka canza rawar da suka taka. Duk da haka, Steege ya goyi bayan Babban Jami'in Harkokin Kasuwanci, Air Marshal George Jones, kuma an tura tawagar zuwa aikin kulawa da tsaro na gida. Ruhun ya sha wahala kuma ba har sai bayan tafiyar Steege a ranar 26 ga Disamba cewa an sake samun rawar da ya dace da Meteors, wato kai hari a ƙasa.