Greg served as a Navy Seabee for 24 years, retiring as a Chief Petty Officer in 2014. He earned his VFW qualification through Desert Storm, Somalia, and Iraq deployments. He moved to Angola in 2016, join Post 7205 and in 2017 was elected as post trustee for one year, then was elected as Post Commander in 2018 and has been reelected as Post Commander every year since then. He has earned All-State honors for 2018-2019 year and All-American honors for 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 years.