 Meek next served as Deputy Commander, Task Group (CTG) 168.0 in Washington, D.C., an overt human intelligence collection organization, from 1988–1990.Meek was assigned to Sixth Fleet aboard USS "Belknap" (CG-26) in Gaeta, Italy, from 1990–1992 as assistant staff intelligence officer.Following completion of that sea-duty tour, he returned to Washington, D.C. from 1992–1994 and served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel as Intelligence Placement Officer and Intelligence Junior Officer Detailer.