Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: Baada ya kuhitimu, Ringo alijiunga na Jeshi la Marekani na akapata cheo cha Specialist katika Kikosi cha 82 cha Airborne. Wakati wa miaka yake minne ya kazi, alipewa mgawo wa 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, reflagged katika 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment wakati 82nd reorganized yake 3 Brigade, pamoja na miaka miwili ya kuhifadhi wajibu na Florida National Guard. Miongoni mwa tuzo zake ni Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal kwa ushiriki wake katika 1983
Marekani uvamizi wa Grenada, na National Defense Service Medal.