U.S. Rep to get MSNG promotion

JACKSON, Miss. - Major General Janson D. Boyles, adjutant general of Mississippi, announced the promotion of Col. Trent Kelly to the rank of brigadier general. The ceremony will be held here on Jan. 20 at the Mississippi National Guard Joint Force Headquarters. Kelly represents Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He will be the first sitting Mississippi congressman to also serve as a Mississippi National Guard general officer since Maj. Gen. G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery. Kelly is Director of the Joint Staff at the guard HQ. The Saltillo, Miss., native has served in the state’s Army National Guard for more than 32 years as a combat engineer. (Source: Mississippi National Guard 12/15/17)