 He was deployed under the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNMISET) as a military observer in 2003 until 2004.He rose through the ranks until he commanded the Joint Task Force Sulu, the 6th Infantry Division in May 2018, and the AFP Western Mindanao Command in June 2019.During his command in the AFP Western Mindanao Command, he led the search and rescue operations for the kidnapping of Allan Arthur Hylons, a British businessman, and his wife, Wilma Hylons, a Filipina, as the couple was abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur.