Academy Awards | United States Military Academy | Russian Academy of Sciences | United States Army Air Forces | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | United States Naval Academy | Israel Defense Forces | United States Air Force Academy | Canadian Forces | Royal Academy of Music | British Armed Forces | United States Armed Forces | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Bureau of Land Management | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Phillips Academy | Holy Land | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst | Land Rover | Phillips Exeter Academy | Van Diemen's Land | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Chinese Academy of Sciences | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | National Academy of Engineering | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Captain (land) | Academy of Fine Arts |
He was born in Fundulea, Călăraşi County and in 1980 entered the Active Officers' Military School in Sibiu, graduating as an officer in 1983.