Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes is the adjutant general of the Tennessee National Guard, with 40 years in service. He has commanded armor and armored cavalry units at the company, battalion and brigade levels, and conducted two deployments to Iraq as a squadron commander and commander of the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment. He also commanded the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 194th Engineer Brigade. Previous assignments include deputy chief of engineers under the Army Chief of Engineers, and deputy commanding general, First Army.