 In April 1991 he was appointed a Brigade Commander in the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.Following this assignment he served as Chief of Staff, United StatesArmy Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas from May 1993 to September 1993.He then returned to Washington, D.C. to serve as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. until August 1995.