JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi National Guard promoted (Congressman) Trent Kelly to the rank of major general on Nov. 4 and designation as assistant adjutant general of the Mississippi Army National Guard. With the promotion, Kelly is the highest ranking military official currently serving in Congress. Kelly, a Republican from Saltillo, represents Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has more than 35 years of military experience. “Serving this great state, serving this great nation in uniform means more to me than what I can do as a civilian,” said Kelly. He mobilized for Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and deployed to Iraq in 2005 and 2009. (Source: Mississippi Today 12/05/20)
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