Bobby Page was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1973 upon graduating from Louisiana State University. In 1980 he separated from the Air Force to attend Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas to fulfill a commitment to pastoral ministry. After graduation, he served pastorates in Arkansas and North Carolina from 1983 to 1989. During that time he also served as a chaplain in the Air National Guard in Arkansas and Georgia, then the Air Force Reserve in South Carolina. In July 1989 he returned to active duty and subsequently retired in 2016 as a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General.