Richard Hayes (soldier)
| Richard J. Hayes, Jr. | |
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2015 official portrait of Major General Hayes
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 Army National Guard
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| Years of service | 1987–present |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Awards | Legion of Merit |
Richard J. Hayes, Jr. is an Army National Guard major general who currently serves as the Adjutant General of Illinois. He was appointed by Governor of Illinois Bruce Rauner in 2015.
As Adjutant General, Hayes is the highest-ranking member of the Illinois National Guard. He serves as the Director of the Illinois Department of Military Affairs in the Governor's Cabinet and is the principal advisor on military matters for the Governor, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Guard.
Richard Hayes joined in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Kansas. He received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1987 in the Kansas Army National Guard's First Battalion, 127th Field Artillery Regiment. Lieutenant Hayes then transferred to the Illinois Army National Guard's Second Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment two years later. In March 1992, he was promoted to the rank of captain and later assumed command of C Battery, based in Sycamore, Illinois. By October 1994, Captain Hayes was assigned to the battalion's headquarters where he served as the logistics officer (S4) and later served as planning and operations officer (S3) until he became executive officer in 1999. Three years later, Hayes became commander of the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment, based in Chicago, Illinois, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
After leading a reinforced Task Force 122 in October 2005, the state's contribution to the relief efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, became Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 Operations, for the 35th Infantry Division, based in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, two months later. Colonel Hayes was deployed to Kosovo for a year in 2007–08 where he served as the Deputy Commander for Maneuver of Task Force Falcon, of the Multinational Task Force-East. He then became the Director of Operations (J3), of the Joint Force Headquarters, Illinois National Guard, based in Springfield, Illinois. In 2010, Hayes assumed command of the 129th Regiment (Regional Training Institute).
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