 He was War Plans Officer, Joint U.S. Military Group in Madrid, Spain from May 1955 to June 1957 and the Deputy Director of the Inter-American Defense Board in Washington, D.C. from July 1957 to July 1961.On July 1, 1961, Captain Ramirez de Arellano retired from the Navy.Ramirez de Arellano was married to Isabel Judson Mysie with whom he had three sons.