As an active duty marine, Daniel graduated the School of infantry, Infantry training battalion as a rifleman. Upon graduation from his school, he was assigned to 1st Marine Regiment 1st Battalion where Daniel quickly became a team leader because of his work ethic and his ability to complete small unit tasks with little to no guidance. Daniel's responsibilities at a team leader included the care and welfare of his team, the effective employment of his team in combat, and to relay the orders of his squad leader to his team. Daniel was also a Combat Marksmanship Coach ,was placed with instructing the basics of Rifle and Pistol Marksmanship. During Daniel career as a Marine he deployed twice , once to Indo-Pacom(Asian Pacific) and once to Centcom(Middle East).