After graduation, Don joined the United States Army as a Military Police officer. He became an Airborne M.P. then a plain clothes investigator. Don Was deployed four times including serving in Desert Storm from August, 1990 to March, 1991. Also Assisted in humanitarian help in south Florida after Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

After the Army, Don and his Family moved to Maryland were he graduated from an accredited Maryland Police Academy. While serving the people of Maryland as a police officer, Don started his acting/modeling/stunt career. In 2009, Don graduated from an elite Executive Protection school in Baltimore Maryland. Since 2014 he has retired from state service and became a full time actor/producer/stunts.