 He was promoted to captain on August 1, 1943

Captain Cheek returned to his role in the reserves as a commander after the war, but was promoted to captain on July 25, 1949, with relative precedence to his previous promotion to captain, and rear admiral on November 10, 1949.He went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency where he received the Intelligence Medal of Merit for his service.He retired from government service in 1958.