Johnny R. Miller

Brigadier General Johnny R. Miller is Assistant Adjutant General of the Illinois Army National Guard.

Career
Miller was commissioned an officer in 1984 through the Early Commissioning Program at Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexington, Missouri. From 1986 to 1989, was stationed in Kitzingen Army Airfield in Germany, serving with the 63rd Armor Regiment and the 69th Armor Regiment.

After returning to the United States, he was stationed in Marion, Illinois. From 2003 to 2004, he was stationed in Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. In 2009, he was deployed to serve in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present). Miller assumed his current command in 2011.

Awards he has received include the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with service star, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with service star, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with gold hourglass device, mobilization device and award numeral "2"; the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon with award numeral "2", the Joint Meritorious Unit Award and the Silver Medal of the Armed Forces in the Service of the Fatherland of Poland.

Education

 * Wentworth Military Academy and College
 * Southern Illinois University Carbondale
 * United States Army War College