Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban kwamandan kasa na Joint Task Force Marawi a lokacin yakin Marawi
, inda shi, tare da Laftanar Janar Carlito Galvez Jr. da sauran janar na AFP suka jagoranci ayyukan soja gaba daya kan kungiyar 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.