Jerry L. Dillard

CW5(R) Jerry L. Dillard enlisted in the U.S. Army on Feb 20, 1973, completing basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Advanced individual training (AIT) at Fort Jackson, SC. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as a Private First Class in June 1973 and then to Vicenza, Italy, as a Staff Sergeant in August 1977 as the Personnel Staff NCO of the 559th Artillery Group. He applied for Warrant Officer appointment and was appointed as a WO1, MOS 711A (now 420A), Military Personnel Technician, on June 28, 1978.

His assignments as a warrant officer include the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky; the 3d Armored Division, Giessen, Germany; two assignments with the 21st Theater Support Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany; two assignments to the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia; HQ FORSCOM, Fort McPherson, Georgia; 1st Personnel Command, Schwetzingen, Germany; Commander, US Army Personnel Assistance Point, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and lastly as an Assistant Executive Officer/Warrant Officer Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Army. CW5 Dillard retired from the U.S. Army in August of 2006 and has been working as the Facilitator of the Army Professional Forum (S1NET) ever since.

His extensive experience in leadership, human resources management, policy development, administration, relationship building, organization, and personal communications continue to benefit our Adjutant General’s Corps as he continues to serve our HR professionals in his current role. His contributions on active duty to the Corps are numerous, but what sets him above his peers and truly worthy of this prestigious recognition is that not a day has passed since his retirement that he has not continued to contribute to the Adjutant General’s Corps. CW5 (Ret) Dillard has been serving as the Chief Editor and Facilitator for S1NET since June 2006. In this capacity, he not only recruits and approves members, but also fosters and facilitates the exchange of tacit and explicit knowledge through conversation and contributions to the forum. When he took over the grassroots effort in 2006, membership was approximately ten thousand personnel. Under CW5 (Ret) Dillard’s supervision, the S1NET, which began as an e-mail distribution list of 345 S1s deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to facilitate information exchange unavailable through the web due to limited bandwidth, has become a sensational online professional forum of over 100,000 members and continues to grow every day.

In 2015, CW5(R) Jerry Dillard was inducted into the Order of the Eagle Rising Society, which has been annually recognizing one individual who has distinguishably served the Warrant Officer Community and contributed significantly over his/her lifetime to promoting it in ways that stand out in the eyes of seniors, subordinates, and peers.

CW5(R) Dillard is married to LTC(R) Cynthia (Cindy) Dillard. They have three children, Carey Story, Benjamin Dillard, and Samuel Dillard, and three grandchildren, Morgan Story, Emma Story, and Seth Story.