Kammala wannan jumla: Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban kwamandan kasa na Joint Task Force Marawi a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin Marawi, inda shi, tare da Laftanar Janar Carlito Galvez Jr. da sauran janar-janar na AFP suka jagoranci ayyukan soja gaba ɗaya a kan ƙungiyar Maute da Abu Sayyaf. Ya kuma aiwatar da sabbin dabaru da dabaru kan 'yan ta'adda, kamar sanya katako da allon karfe a kan motocin sulke na AFP don magance RPGs na abokan gaba. A ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2017, yayin da aka kammala aikin karshe a Marawi, Shugaba Rodrigo Duterte ne ya nada shi a matsayin Babban Kwamandan Sojojin Philippine, ya maye gurbin Babban Hafsan Sojojin na lokacin, Laftanar Janar Glorioso Miranda, kuma an daukaka shi zuwa Laftanar Janar. A matsayinsa na Shugaban Sojojin Philippine, ya jagoranci tsara sabbin koyarwa da canje-canje a cikin shirin sabunta sojojin na yaƙi da ta'addanci, tawaye na kwaminisanci, da kariyar waje, a matsayin wani ɓangare na darussan da aka koya daga yaƙin birane. Ya yi ritaya daga aikin soja a ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 2018, yayin da aka maye gurbinsa da Kwamandan Hukumar Leken Asiri na AFP (ISAFP) Manjo Janar Macairog S. Alberto.