MS air guard contractor promoted

Central Mississippi native Amanda Dillon Villeret was promoted recently to the rank of major in the Mississippi Air National Guard during a ceremony at the Mississippi National Guard’s Joint Forces Headquarters in Jackson. Villeret is director of MNG’s State Partnership Program where she plans and coordinates familiarization visits between Mississippi and the countries of Bolivia and Uzbekistan. The Ridgeland, Miss., native also serves as a contracting officer with MNG where she negotiates, awards and administers multi-million dollar government contacts. (Source: The Herald, 04/28/14.) Central Mississippi Note: From May-August 2002, Villeret served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at the Al Udeid (Qatar) Air Base. Ridgeland is located 10 miles north of Mississippi’s state capital.