Illinois Army National Guard Soldier Jeramy Miles, of Sherman, Illinois, the officer-in-charge of the 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in a ceremony Feb. 15 at Fort Hood, Texas.
The change in the ceremony venue from Illinois to Texas was because Miles is among the approximately 200 Soldiers from the 404th who deployed to support the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) in Djibouti.
While deployed, Miles will serve as the Deputy Director of Operations for the CJTF-HOA.
Miles, who has served more than 25 years in the military, graduated from Nokomis High School, in Nokomis, Illinois. He is a graduate of Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois and earned his Master’s Degree from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
He and his wife, Andrea, have two children, daughter Addison, age 15 and son Nicholas, age 12.