Kọ́kọ́ parí gbólóhùn yìí: Lẹ́yìn tí Ringo kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ yege, ó wọ ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun ilẹ̀ Amẹ́ríkà, ó sì di ọ̀gá sójà ní Ẹgbẹ́ Ọmọ Ogun Afẹ́fẹ́ Mẹ́tàlélọ́gọ́rin. Nigba ọdun mẹrin ti o ti n ṣiṣẹ lọwọ, o ti pin si Battalion 1, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, ti a ṣe atunṣe si 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment nigbati 82nd ṣe atunṣe Brigade 3rd rẹ, pẹlu ọdun meji ti iṣẹ ipamọ pẹlu Olutọju Orilẹ-ede Florida. Lára àwọn àmì ẹ̀yẹ rẹ̀ ni àmì ẹ̀yẹ Combat Infantryman, àmì ẹ̀yẹ Parachutist, àmì ẹ̀yẹ Army Commendation Medal, àmì ẹ̀yẹ Good Conduct Medal, àmì ẹ̀yẹ Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal fún ipa rẹ̀ nínú ogun 1983
Ìkọlù Grenada látọ̀dọ̀ Amẹ́ríkà, àti àmì ẹ̀yẹ National Defense Service Medal.