Enyart served in the U.S. Air Force before joining the Illinois Army National Guard in 1982 as a JAG officer . Holding the rank of Major General , he was appointed to lead the National Guard and the Illinois Department of Military Affairs as the 37th Adjutant General in 2007 , and was reappointed in 2009 and in 2011 . As Adjutant General , Enyart led the largest deployment of the Illinois National Guard since WWII and Illinois 's response to the 2011 Mississippi River floods . He retired from the military in 2012 . In 2012 , Enyart received the Commander 's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland from Bronislaw Komorowski , the President of Poland
2011 Mississippi River floods
2011 Mississippi River floods
William Enyart