A professional soldier and a former French Legionnaire with the rank of Chief Corporal, he returned to Croatia in June 1991 to join the National Guard Corps as chief of operations and training of its 1st Brigade.
Profesionalni vojnik i bivši francuski legionar ranga glavnog kaplara, on se vratio u Hrvatsku u junu 1991. godine da pristupi Hrvatskoj nacionalnoj gardi kao komandant operacija i obuke svoje 1. brigade.